What does "fletcher" mean?
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
Fletcher
/ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who fletches or feathers arrows.
- Grammar: fletcher is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: arrow maker, arrowsmith.
- Usage evidence: In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who fletches or feathers arrows.
"This thing, if a man take not hede on, he may chaunce have cauſe to ſay ſo of his fletcher, as in dreſſinge of meate is commonlye ſayde of cookes: and that is, that God ſendeth us good feathers, but the devill noughtye fletchers."
- 2 A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
"I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate."
- 3 Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
"Robert Frankham of Colchester, fletcher, or maker of bows and arrowy, did, by his will, dated the 20th of July, 1577, give a yearly rent-charge of thirteen shillings and four-pence out of a tenement and six acres of land in West Bergholt, for ever;"
- 4 A weir or dam. UK, dated, dialectal, possibly
"[…] the defendants cut down and lowered, and kept and continued so cut down and lowered, a part of the bank of the said river, situate and being between the mill of the defendants and the mill of the plaintiff, and on a part of the said bank so lowered, built and erected, and kept and continued so built and erected, a certain weir or fletcher, and by that means caused large quantities of the water of the said river, which otherwise would, and always before had, and still of right ought to have flowed to and through the plaintiff's mill, to flow in a new course or channel, […] and the said weir or fletcher, built and erected there by the defendant Inge in the month of June 1822; […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher. countable, uncountable
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in California. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Henderson County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Miami County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Vermont. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 11 A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 12 An outer western suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonyms arrow makerarrowsmith
Example
"In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fletcher"?
Common synonyms include: arrow maker, arrowsmith.
How do you use "fletcher" in a sentence?
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
How do you pronounce "fletcher"?
Pronounced /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.
Etymology 2
English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.