Fletcher Definition

flĕchər
noun
A person who makes arrows.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • john fletcher
pronoun

An occupational surname​, from the profession of fletcher.

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Noun

Singular:
fletcher
Plural:
fletchers

Origin of Fletcher

  • Middle English fleccher from Old French flechier from fleche arrow of Germanic origin pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fletcher Sentence Examples

  • John Fletcher, the vicar of Madeley, to whom Wesley had turned as a possible successor, died in 1785.

  • Its style is mainly Early English, and among those buried here are Gower, Fletcher and Massinger, the poets, and Edmund, brother of William Shakespeare.

  • Webster was twice married - first in 1898 to Grace, daughter of Rev. Elijah Fletcher, a New Hampshire clergyman.

  • Fletcher was one of the few parish clergy who understood Wesley and his work, yet he never wrote or said anything inconsistent with his own Anglican position.

  • His fame was not confined to his own country, for it is said that Voltaire, when challenged to produce a character as perfect as that of Christ, at once mentioned Fletcher of Madeley.

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