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name
A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Indiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Henderson County, North Carolina.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Miami County, Ohio.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
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name
A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.
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name
An outer western suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
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noun
Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
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noun
A weir or dam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, dialectal, possibly
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noun
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: John Fletcher
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Broader terms: dramatist, playwright
History
English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
