Fletcher
[flech-er] /ˈflɛtʃ ər/
noun
1.
a person who makes arrows.
[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.
/ˈflɛtʃə/
noun
1.
a person who makes arrows
/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)
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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[flech-ing] /ˈflɛtʃ ɪŋ/ noun 1. the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight. [flech] /flɛtʃ/ verb (used with object) 1. to provide (an arrow) with a feather. /flɛtʃ/ verb 1. another word for fledge (sense 2) v. mid-17c., variant of fledge (v.); also see fletcher. Related: Fletched; fletching.
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