fletcher
noun
a person who makes arrows.
fletcher
1 American
[flech-er]
/ ˈflɛtʃ ər /
noun
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fletchers
plural
Fletcher
2
American
[flech-er]
/ ˈflɛtʃ ər /
noun
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John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
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John Gould, 1886–1950, U.S. poet.
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a male given name.
Fletcher
1
British
/ ˈflɛtʃə /
noun
fletcher
2
British
/ ˈflɛtʃə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fletcher
1350–1400; Middle English fleccher < Old French flechier. See flèche, -er 2
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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
The archers made themselves butts to shoot at, because they had "many that delighted in that exercise and wanted not a fletcher to keep the bows and arrows in order."
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
Lord, that a man should carry four trades under one hat, and be bowyer, fletcher, stringer and headmaker!
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 John Aubrey
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said on X that the United Nations was "moving at speed to save lives".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
They face a host of challenges, including damaged hospitals and clinics, which hamper efforts to treat people, said Adib Fletcher, a senior director at Project Hope, a humanitarian relief organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the disaster's immediate aftermath, United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher estimated over 50,000 people were missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
While at City, rapid forward Fletcher, an England Under-17s international, helped the club reach the FA Youth Cup final in 2024 and 2025 before impressing at Ipswich, scoring six times in the Premier League 2.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mother Fletcher put down the dish towel and turned her head to one side.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
"The lawn is full of fletchers," she announced on another occasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rest of the neighborhood—bakers, fletchers, candle-makers, booksellers, builders, painters, other historians—would have to pretend they had never been friends with him in the first place.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
The Questing Beast ran into them behind, knocking the King flat “Beware! Beware!” cried all the retainers, fishwives, falconers, farriers, fletchers, and other well-wishers who were assembled within.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Some fletchers cut their feathers on a board by eye with only a knife.
From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope
Therefore I name you one of our fletchers, with place about our person in our bodyguard of archers.
From Red Eve by Henry Rider Haggard
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