Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FETCH
I. verb see: foot Date: before 12th century transitive verb
1. to go or come after and bring or take back , derive , deduce ,
2. to cause to come, to bring in (as a price) ; realize , interest , attract ,
3. to give (a blow) by striking ; deal , bring about , accomplish , c. to take in (as a breath) ; draw , to bring forth (as a sound) ; heave ,
4. to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide, to arrive at ; reach , intransitive verb to get and bring something, to take a roundabout way ; circle ,
3. to hold a course on a body of water, veer , fetcher noun
II. noun
Date: circa 1530
trick , stratagem , an act or instance of fetching,
3. the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows, the distance traversed by waves without obstruction,
III. noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1787
doppelganger 1