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
They wuldn’t fitch the worth ov dhrinks apaice.”
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Sally held up an old-fashioned fitch fur tippet.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
I washed My clothes Col fitch at Salatogue.
From The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Abraham Tomlinson
Fitch said the negative outlook reflects a deterioration since its August review, and cited weaker growth, higher borrowing costs and a wider deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Skydance added about $57 billion of acquisition-related debt, bringing total debt to about $87.5 billion, according to a Fitch note on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Fitch also sees France’s deficit at 5.5% of GDP in 2027, which it said reflects a weaker growth assessment and the risk of concessions during the budget process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
That would bring Moody’s debt rating in line with S&P and Fitch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 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
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
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
"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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