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fitter

/ˈfɪtə/US/ˈfɪtəɹ/

fitter noun: a person who fits or assembles something. Also the comparative form of fit.

Noun

fitter (plural fitters)

  1. A person who fits or assembles something.
    • a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
    • But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264
  2. (informal) An epileptic.
  3. (UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
  4. (historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
    • For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader, page 268

Proper noun capitalized: Fitter

Fitter

  1. A surname.

Also used as

fitter is also the comparative form of fit.

Forms of fitter

pluralfitters

Origin of fitter

From fit (verb) + -er.

From fit (adjective) + -er.

Words formed from fitter

Phrases with fitter

Words that rhyme with fitter

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fitter

What does fitter mean?
Fitter means a person who fits or assembles something.
What part of speech is fitter?
Fitter can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fitter?
Fitter is pronounced /ˈfɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fitter?
The plural of fitter is fitters.

Words near fitter in the dictionary

  1. fittedness
  2. fitteds
  3. fittedst
  4. fitteen
  5. fitten
  6. fitter
  7. Fitterer
  8. Fitterers
  9. fitters
  10. fittes
  11. fittest

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