fitter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Adjective

fitter

1. comparative form of 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. (UK, 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?)

Translations

a person who fits or assembles something

• Bulgarian: механик (bg) m (mehanik), монтьор (bg) (montjor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉗工 (cmn), 钳工 (cmn) (qiángōng)

• Finnish: asentaja (fi)
• Russian: монтёр (ru) (montjór) m , сборщик (ru) (sbórščik) m 

Anagrams

• titfer

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Norwegian

Noun

fitter

1. Indefinite plural of fitte