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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

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Etymology

Origin of fletcher

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

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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

I like, too, the case of a patient who was described as an “arrow-maker,” and on being asked whether he did not call himself a fletcher, said, “Yes, but I thought you would not know.”

From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin

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

Donnan Smith, a worthy archer and a good fletcher, has devised a spring clamp which holds the feather while being cut.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope

If you’re looking for more information, Fletcher suggested going to an online program like TIPSladder.com for help structuring, or to your brokerage of choice.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

For laddering, Fletcher said that his team favors the kind of term-maturity ETFs you’re talking about.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Alan Fletcher, who ran the Aspen Music Festival and School for over two decades, says much of the angst around the runway makeover centers around the NetJets set.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Expectation grew to such an extent that interim boss Darren Fletcher was asked if it was possible the forward could make his competitive bow in the FA Cup third-round tie with Brighton in January.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Also present around the table: Juniper the tree nymph, Silena Beauregard, Travis and Connor Stoll, Beckendorf, Lee Fletcher, even Argus, our hundred-eyed security chief That’s how I knew it was serious.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

"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

A Mr. Nicholas Colnet, a physician, also brought 3 archers, 20 surgeons, an immense retinue of labourers, artisans, fletchers, bowyers, wheelwrights, chaplains, and minstrels. 

From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

"Well-makers lead the water wherever they like, fletchers bend the arrow, carpenters bend a log of wood, wise people fashion themselves."

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman

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