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Meaning of FITTER

Pronunciation:  'fitur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone who fits a garment to a particular person
  2. [adj]  improved in health or physical condition
 
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 Synonyms: better, healthier
 
 See Also: sartor, seamster, tailor

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fit"ter\, n.
    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.
    
  2. \Fit"ter\, n.
    A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]
          Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters. --Beau.
                                                   & Fl.
    
 

 

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