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Webster 1913 Edition


Fitter

Fit′ter

,
Noun.
1.
One who fits or makes to fit;
esp.:
(a)
One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.
(b)
One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
2.
A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
[Eng.]
Simmonds.

Fit′ter

,
Noun.
A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.
[Obs.]
Where’s the Frenchman? Alas, he's all
fitters
.
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fitter

FIT'TER

,
Noun.
One who makes fit or suitable; one who adapts; one who prepares.

Definition 2024


fitter

fitter

English

Adjective

fitter

  1. comparative form of fit: more fit
    An exercise bike won't make you fitter if you never find time to use it.
    My bird's loads fitter than yours.

Noun

fitter (plural fitters)

  1. a person who fits or assembles something
    a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
  2. (informal) an epileptic
  3. (Britain, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)

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German

Adjective

fitter

  1. comparative degree of fit

Norwegian

Noun

fitter

  1. Indefinite plural of fitte