fitch
noun
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
fitch
1 American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
Also
fitchet
noun
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fitches
plural
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the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
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its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
Fitch
2
American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
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(William) Clyde, 1865–1909, U.S. playwright.
fitch
British
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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another name for polecat
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the fur of the polecat or ferret
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of fitch
1400–50; late Middle English fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < Middle Dutch fisse, visse, vitsche polecat
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At Céline, in addition to the suede jumpsuit, Phoebe Philo offered slouchy leather pants with a color-block turtleneck and a pair of fur wrap coats, one beaver and the other fitch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2012
With youth in mind, and to revive a market that dropped 40% in sales between 1947 and 1967, Kaplan branched out into inexpensive furs like mink paw, fitch and squirrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Katy answered, knowing intuitively the feeling which had prompted this suggestion from her mother-in-law, who hastened to Helen's room with the rich sable she was to wear in place of the old fitch.
From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Mary Jane Holmes
Sally held up an old-fashioned fitch fur tippet.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Regular gimlet eyes, too, and a very fitch for sharpness, though younger than his appearance might make you fancy,” said the miller.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
Fitch calculated overvaluation based on the extent to which actual home prices exceeded long-term home-valuation trends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Fitch also ranked all 50 U.S. states in terms of which are most overvalued.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Amer Sports, Steven Madden, Carter’s, and Abercrombie & Fitch are where investors can find opportunity in the retail sector, according to one analyst.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The reclassification meant the affiliated investments jumped from 2% of one insurer’s portfolio to about 40%, according to Fitch Ratings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Cronin and Fitch eventually received the Nobel Prize for their work in 1980.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
The ornaments are usually done with stencil patterns, and the lines are done with straight edges and lining fitches.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford
Mink, now, fitches a fancy price when you can catch 'em.
From Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories by Carrie L. May
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
When lie hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
"Fitches are not threshed with a thresher, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod."
From Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew
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