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Definition of Fitter
1. Noun. Someone who fits a garment to a particular person.
2. Adjective. Improved in health or physical condition.
Definition of Fitter
1. n. One who fits or makes to fit;
2. n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.
Definition of Fitter
1. Adjective. comparative form of fit ¹
2. Noun. a person who fits or assembles something ¹
3. Noun. (informal) an epileptic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fitter
1. one that fits [n -S] - See also: fits
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitter
Literary usage of Fitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"... the bread and milk which composed our simple breakfast must be despatched at
a pace fitter for the fowls of the air than students of Grecian philosophy. ..."
2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... abounded in corn, in carts, wagons, and horses; that, therefore, would have
been the fitter colony for forwarding military operations. ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"... and that they who maintain them obstinately, are fitter to live in hollow
trees among wild beasts, than in any Christian or political society. ..."
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