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fletcher

1 American  
[flech-er] / ˈflɛtʃ ər /

noun

  1. a person who makes arrows.


Fletcher 2 American  
[flech-er] / ˈflɛtʃ ər /

noun

  1. John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.

  2. John Gould, 1886–1950, U.S. poet.

  3. a male given name.


Fletcher 1 British  
/ ˈflɛtʃə /

noun

  1. John . 1579–1625, English Jacobean dramatist, noted for his romantic tragicomedies written in collaboration with Francis Beaumont, esp Philaster (1610) and The Maid's Tragedy (1611)

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fletcher 2 British  
/ ˈflɛtʃə /

noun

  1. a person who makes arrows

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Etymology

Origin of fletcher

1350–1400; Middle English fleccher < Old French flechier. See flèche, -er 2

Example Sentences

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J Evans, j oshea, s fletcher and C Adam, to name just a few.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2015

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From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2010

Old Aaron, and Benefei at the corner, and Jurnet the fletcher, and—O Flemild, not, surely not Countess and Regina?

From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

The clarke lop't it to make money of it to some bowyer or fletcher, and that lopping kill'd it: the dead trunke remaines there still.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

James Duff, the well-known American maker of tackle, learned this in the shop of Peter Muir, the famous Scotch fletcher.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton