fletcher
[flech-er]
- a person who makes arrows.
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Origin of fletcher
Fletcher
[flech-er]
- John,1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- John Gould,1886–1950, U.S. poet.
- a male given name.
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Contemporary Examples
Every time I returned to taste with Fletcher, he shared his own stories before we dove into the flight.
Fletcher learned of the Court while reading an article in a local paper about a man in Las Vegas who had passed the exam.
Former NATO commander James Stavridis, now dean of the Fletcher School, takes much the same view.
I worked with the incredible Adam Shankman and his assistant at the time Anne “Momma” Fletcher.
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January 29, 2014
During one intense episode, Fletcher makes the boy play so hard his hands bleed, covering his drum sticks and set with blood.
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Historical Examples
Even now he was disturbed as to what Fletcher and Fallon might think.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
And when Mrs. Fletcher Fosdick made the best of anything she made the very best.
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
The effects of Fletcher's removal were not long in following.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
There was a dull flush showing through the tan of Fletcher's skin.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
Still, Fletcher, striving hard to keep his calm, clung to the reins.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
fletcher
- a person who makes arrows
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French flechier, from fleche arrow; see flèche
Fletcher
- 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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Word Origin and History for fletcher
n.
"arrow-maker," early 14c. (as a surname attested from 1203), from Old French flechier, from fleche "arrow," probably from Frankish *fliugica (cf. Old Low German fliuca, Middle Dutch vliecke).
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