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Webster 1913 Edition
Fletcher
Fletch′er
,Noun.
[OF.
flechier
.] One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fletcher
FLETCH'ER
,Noun.
But the use of the word as an appellative has ceased with the practice of archery.
Definition 2024
Fletcher
Fletcher
See also: fletcher
English
Proper noun
Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)
- An occupational surname, from the profession of fletcher.
- A ghost town in California.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A village in Ohio.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A town in Vermont.
fletcher
fletcher
See also: Fletcher
English
Noun
fletcher (plural fletchers)
- One who fletches or feathers arrows.
- Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 38:
- In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the king's council, the lord chancellor, lord privy seal, or one of them, to inhabit the city, borough or town within the realm that was destitute of such artificers.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 38:
Translations
a manufacturer of bows and arrows