fence sitter
English
noun
Definitions
- One who takes neither side of an argument or controversy, but maintains a neutral position.
- (potentially) One who is bisexual, or who is uncertain about their sexual orientation.
Etymology
Compound from English fence + English sitter.
Origin
English
sitter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- babysitter English
- bysitter English
- catsitter English
- dogsitter English
- draadsitter English
- facesitter English
- fence English
- fenceful English
- fenceless English
- fencelike English
- fenceline English
- fencepole English
- fencepost English
- fencer English
- fencerow English
- forefence English
- geofence English
- homesitter English
- outfence English
- petsitter English
- pigsitter English
- polesitter English
- puppysitter English
- refence English
- ringfence English
- sit English
- sitter English
- tailsitter English
- unfence English
- Fenz German
- フェンス Japanese
- sitter Middle English
- ffens Welsh
- fenco Ido
- draad Afrikaans
- draadsitter Afrikaans
- sitter Afrikaans
- defens Middle French
- Fens Pennsylvania German