English Explanatory Dictionary

foresitter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who presides; a president.

Word forms

foresitter foresitters

Etymology

From fore- (“before”) + sitter or foresit + -er. Compare Latin praesidēns (“leader”, literally “sitting before”) and Old English foresittan (“to preside”, literally “to sit before”).

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