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sitter-in

sitter-in noun: one who attends a class, meeting, etc.

Noun

sitter-in (plural sitters-in)

  1. One who attends a class, meeting, etc.
  2. One who takes part in a sit-in protest.
    • Except for a few adult leaders like the Rev. Robert Williams, shown below conducting a strategy seminar, the sitters-in are youngsters like Virginius Bray Thornton who, at right, is leading a march through Petersburg.1960, LIFE, volume 49, number 12, page 42

sitter-in meaning in Tamil

sitter-in in Tamil

குழந்தைப் பராமரிப்பாளர்

Forms of sitter-in

pluralsitters-in

Origin of sitter-in

From sit in or sit-in.

Questions about sitter-in

What does sitter-in mean?
Sitter-in means one who attends a class, meeting, etc.
What is sitter-in in Tamil?
Sitter-in in Tamil is குழந்தைப் பராமரிப்பாளர். See Sitter-in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sitter-in?
Sitter-in is a noun.
What is the plural of sitter-in?
The plural of sitter-in is sitters-in.

Words near sitter-in in the dictionary

  1. sittellas
  2. sitten
  3. sitten down
  4. Sittenfeld
  5. sitter
  6. sitter-in
  7. sitters
  8. sitters-in
  9. sittest
  10. sitteth
  11. sittid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sitter-in (page history and authors); sitter-in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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