fitter
nounUK /ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈfɪtɚ/
Etymology From fit (verb) + -er.
1
A person who fits or assembles something.
- a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
- But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264:
1 more example
- "They have gone past their sell-by date. But the fitters have done an amazing job keeping these units running for as long as they have.2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 8:
2
Informal An epileptic.
4
Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Historical A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
- For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader, page 268:
- Derived terms
- carpet fitter, gasfitter, pipefitter, pipe fitter, shipfitter, ship fitter, shopfitter, squipper, steamfitter, stove fitter, upfitter