Definition for FRIT'TER

FRIT'TER, n. [It. frittella; Sp. fritillas, plur.; from L. frictus, fried; Dan. fritte.]

  1. A small pancake; also, it small piece of meat fried.
  2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras.

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