fletcher

¹ American  

[flech-er] / ˈflɛtʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who makes arrows.

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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.

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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

James Fletcher, assistant professor of digital futures at the University of Bath, has spent more than a decade researching how people with dementia use technology in everyday life.

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The Wall Street Journal spoke with Fletcher about how people with dementia could use technology to lead longer, less stigmatized and more productive work lives.

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FLETCHER: One of the tools that people have spoken to me about working well is automatic scheduling, the kind you see with Teams or Google Calendar.

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FLETCHER: People with dementia can struggle with finding their way around, perhaps because of memory difficulties, and they are known to wander.

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FLETCHER: If you have attention deficit, you may find it difficult to maintain focus through a multistep process—like you’re a professor and you’re preparing a lecture, but halfway through, you forget what you’re doing.

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