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  fletcher

  noun

  a person who makes arrows.
• Fletcher
  Fletcher

  noun

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

fletcher

¹ American  

[flech-er] / ˈflɛtʃ ər /

noun

• fletchers
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fletchers
  plural

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

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

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

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 M. (Madelaine) Irwin

Over the years, Rantzen was joined by a series of co-hosts, including Paul Heiney, Chris Searle and Bob Wellings, while the comedian Cyril Fletcher read his Odd Odes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Vigars also point to the life-changing injuries sustained by Alex Fletcher in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Earlier this year, it was reported that McFly stars Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones would also not be returning to The Voice, after they shared a chair as joint coaches for the last two series.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“This is a problem that everyone has,” Fletcher said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

At any rate she seemed to have forgotten Mother Fletcher.

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 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

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

As cultivators guide the water-course, As fletchers straighten out the arrow-shaft, As carpenters warp timber to their needs, So righteous men subdue and train themselves.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Frank Lee Woodward

Groups thus formed were those of fletchers, shield-makers, jewellers, mirror-makers, potters, and so forth.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara