fitter
See also: Fitter
Englisch
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪtɚ/, [ˈfɪɾɚ]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editNomen
editfitter (plural fitters)
- A person who fits oder assembles something.
- a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
- 1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264:
- 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.
- 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 8:
- "They have gone past their sell-by date. But the fitters have done an amazing job keeping these units running for as long as they have.
- (informal) An epileptic.
- (UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.[1]
- (film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
- 2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader, page 268:
- For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editperson who fits or assembles something
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References
edit- ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editfitter
- 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.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- All stood together on the deck, / For a charnel-dungeon fitter: / All fixed on me their stony eyes, / That in the Moon did glitter.
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Adjective
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Norwegian Bokmål
editNomen
editfitter m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNomen
editfitter f
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