Brewer's: Fitz

(Norman). Son of; as Fitz-Herbert, Fitz-William, Fitz-Peter, etc. It is sometimes applied to illegitimate children, as Fitz-Clarence, Fitz-roy, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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