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FENCE-SITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fence-sitter mean? 

FENCE-SITTER (noun)
  The noun FENCE-SITTER has 1 sense:

1. a person who won't take sides in a controversyplay

  Familiarity information: FENCE-SITTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FENCE-SITTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who won't take sides in a controversy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fence-sitter" is a kind of...):

neutral (one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute)


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