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fitchew

fitchew noun: polecat.

Noun

fitchew (plural fitchews)

  1. (obsolete) polecat

Proper noun capitalized: Fitchew

Fitchew

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

fitchew meaning in Tamil

fitchew in Tamil

மரநாய்

Forms of fitchew

pluralfitchews

Origin of fitchew

From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“polecat”), from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse, fisse (“polecat”), ultimately (via a Northern French dialect) from Latin vissiō (“stench”). Compare French vison (“mink”).

Rare spelling variant of Fitzhugh.

Questions about fitchew

What does fitchew mean?
Fitchew means polecat.
What is fitchew in Tamil?
Fitchew in Tamil is மரநாய். See Fitchew meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fitchew?
Fitchew can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fitchew?
The plural of fitchew is fitchews.

Words near fitchew in the dictionary

  1. fitches
  2. fitchet
  3. fitchets
  4. Fitchett
  5. Fitchetts
  6. fitchew
  7. fitchews
  8. Fitchie
  9. fitching
  10. Fitchley
  11. Fitchville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fitchew (page history and authors); Fitchew (page history and authors); fitchew (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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