The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fortin \Fort"in\, n. [F. See Fort, n.] A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A little fort; a fortlet.
Wikipedia
Fortin is a surname, and may refer to:
Artists:
- Augustin Félix Fortin (1763–1832), French painter
- Charles Fortin (1815–1865), French painter
- Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888–1970), Québécois painter
- Robert-Émile Fortin (1945–2004), Québécois painter
Politicians:
- André-Gilles Fortin (1943–1977), Social Credit Party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Dean Fortin (born 1959), Canadian mayor of Victoria
- Émile Fortin (1878–1936), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Gilles Fortin (born 1946), Québécois provincial politician
- Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1764–1841) farmer and Canadian political figure
- Jean-François Fortin (politician) (born 1973), Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Joseph-Édouard Fortin (1884–1949), Québécois provincial politician
- Louis Fortin (1920–2005), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Louis-Napoléon Fortin (1850–1892), physician and Québécois provincial politician
- Pierre-Étienne Fortin (1823–1888), Quebec physician Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Roméo Fortin (1886–1953), Québécois provincial politician
- Thomas Fortin (1853–1933), Québécois lawyer, judge, educator and member of the Canadian House of Commons
Sportsmen:
- Jean-François Fortin (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
- Marc-Antoine Fortin (born 1987), Canadian footballer
- Marco Fortin (born 1974), Italian goalkeeper
- Oscar Fortín (born 1980), Honduran footballer
- Ray Fortin (born 1941), Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard Fortin (born 1941), Singapore-born English cricketer
- Roger Fortin (born 1951), Canadian boxer
- Roman Fortin (born 1967), American National Football League NFL player
- Stéphane Fortin (born 1974), Canadian football player
Others:
- Anne Fortin (born 1957), professor of accounting
- Dan Fortin, general manager of IBM Canada Ltd.
- Dédé Fortin, (1962–2000), singer in Québécois band Les Colocs
- Ernest Fortin (1923–2002), American professor of theology
- Fred Fortin (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Jean-François Fortin (chairman) (born 1947), French businessman and football club chairman
- Jean Nicolas Fortin, (1750–1831), French maker of scientific instruments, and editor of Atlas céleste de Flamstéed
- Judy Fortin (born 1961), American broadcaster
Fortín may also refer to Fortín de las Flores, a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Usage examples of "fortin".
Fortin, who looked about twenty years younger than his wife, was one of those small men, blonde, with scanty beard, a suspicious glance, and uneasy smile, such as the Madame Fortins know how to find, Heaven knows where.
People like the Fortins, who live off I know not what shameful traffic, have too much to fear from the police to dare to molest me further.
He was coming out of the little room on the ground-floor, which the Fortins used for an office, bedroom, and dining-room.
Fortin who was despatched to the Rue du Cirque, and who went off muttering, though he had received five francs to take a carriage, and five francs for his trouble.
When the six big men had done so as planned, Fortin squatted down and reversed his cloak to bring the pink side out.