name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
fitch
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
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noun
Meaning 4
A skin of a polecat.
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork.
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of vetch.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 7
To use this kind of open weave.
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noun
Meaning 8
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: polecat, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
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Broader terms: musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
Narrower terms: ferret
History
Etymology
English surname, possibly from Old French fiche (“iron post”). A connection with the noun fitch (“polecat”) is unlikely as the surname predates it by at least 300 years.
Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.
From fitch due to the similarity to the striped or mottled texture of polecat fur.
See vetch.
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