Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Old French. · An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
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.
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- Derivation mentionfichefro · iron post
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