noun
fletcher
FLEHCH-uh
noun
1
Someone whose trade is making arrows, especially fitting them with feathers (fletching).
"The village fletcher supplied arrows to the entire regiment."
How to Use Fletcher
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old trade name for someone who makes or feathers arrows — now mostly survives as a surname.
Word Forms
fletchers plural, Fletchers plural
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Etymology
From Old French flechier ("arrow-maker"), from fleche ("arrow"). It later became common as an English surname for people in that trade.