Crossword clues for fletcher
fletcher
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fletcher \Fletch"er\, n. [OF. flechier.]
One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows
and arrows. [Obs.]
--Mortimer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"arrow-maker," early 14c. (as a surname attested from 1203), from Old French flechier "maker of arrows," from fleche "arrow," which is probably from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *fleug-ika- (compare Old Low German fliuca, Middle Dutch vliecke), from PIE *pleuk- "to fly," extended form of root *pleu- "to flow" (see pluvial).
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who fletches or feathers arrows. 2 Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1816
Land area (2000): 5.289955 sq. miles (13.700920 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004846 sq. miles (0.012552 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.294801 sq. miles (13.713472 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23760
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.432840 N, 82.506648 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28732
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fletcher
Housing Units (2000): 207
Land area (2000): 0.308746 sq. miles (0.799649 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.308746 sq. miles (0.799649 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27412
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.144266 N, 84.111725 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45326
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fletcher
Housing Units (2000): 479
Land area (2000): 0.829697 sq. miles (2.148906 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.829697 sq. miles (2.148906 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26350
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.822445 N, 98.240643 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73541
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fletcher
Wikipedia
Fletcher may refer to:
Fletcher is the name given to a revival of a nineteenth-century blackletter typeface designed in the Paris foundry of Theophile Beaudoire (1833–1903). The typeface appears in the title pages of many 1870s books. Dan X. Solo's revival is based on a Beaudoire & Cie. specimen and alters several characters towards improved legibility.
The face is geometrically constructed, and though showing influence of the pen has no curved strokes in some ways anticipating Jonathan Barnbrook's 1990 Bastard typeface.
Fletcher is a given name of English, Scottish, and Irish origin. The name is an occupational name for an arrowsmith or seller of arrows, derived from the Middle English, Old English "Fulcher" or Old French flech(i)er (in turn from Old French fleche "arrow"). The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages, leading to the development of the Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir" (also spelt "Mac an Fhleisdeir"), "the arrowsmith's son".
Early bearers of the name include Robert le Flecher in 1203 (in the "Assize Court Rolls of Staffordshire", during the reign of King John), William Flecher’ also in 1203, and Peter le flechier in 1227. The name is often confused with Flesher, due to the phonetic similarity.
Fletcher is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People:
- Fletcher Benton (born 1931), American sculptor, painter and kinetic artist
- Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968), long-serving Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), mutineer who seized command of HMS Bounty
- Fletcher Cox (born 1990), American National Football League player
- Fletcher Dragge (born 1966), lead guitar player in the band Pennywise
- Fletcher Hale (1883–1931), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and lawyer
- Fletcher Hanks (1887-1976), a cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, creator of Stardust the Super Wizard
- Fletcher Harper (1806-1877), American publisher, founder of Harper's Weekly, Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar
- Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (born 1947), American politician
- Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952), American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer of big band jazz and swing music
- Fletcher Humphrys (born 1976), Australian actor
- Fletcher Jones (1895-1977), Australian clothing manufacturer and retailer
- Fletcher R. Jones (1931–1972), American businessman, computer pioneer and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Fletcher Knebel (1911–1993), American writer of political fiction
- Fletcher Markle (1921–1991), Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director
- Fletcher Martin (1904–1979), American painter
- Fletcher Pratt (1897–1956), American writer of science fiction, fantasy and history
- Fletcher D. Proctor (1860-1911), American businessman, politician and Governor of Vermont
- L. Fletcher Prouty (1917-2001), Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Air Force colonel and foreign policy critic
- Fletcher Sibthorp (born 1967), British painter
- Fletcher Smith (born 1943), former American Football League and National Football League player
- Fletcher Steele (1885-1971), American landscape architect
- Fletcher Stockdale (c. 1823–1890), American politician, Governor of Texas, lawyer and railroad official
- Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950), American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Fletcher Thompson (born 1925), American lawyer and politician
- Fletcher Webster (1818-1862), American government official and Union Army colonel, son of Daniel Webster
Fictional characters:
- Fletcher Reade, on the American soap opera Guiding Light played by Jay Hammer
- Fletcher Reede, the main character of the film Liar Liar
- Fletcher Renn, a Skulduggery pleasant by Derek Landy
- Fletcher Tringham, in the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
Usage examples of "fletcher".
The plays of Shakespeare, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, and of all the dramatists, are a perfect commentary on the fashions of the day, but a knowledge of the fashions is necessary to a perfect enjoyment of the plays.
Thomas, and Heermann and Johnston all 2100-tonners of the Fletcher class.
Montemar Jukes, who Fletcher had brought aboard as a servant and promptly rated Rigger First Class.
To judge from Jukes and Xi, Fletcher was willing to tolerate a certain amount of slackness among his personal following.
Gifford, the old Puritans, who felt and asserted, however extravagantly, that there was an eternal law which was above all Borgias and Machiavels, Stuarts and Fletchers, have surely a right to a fair trial.
Fletcher, the printmaker only got famous because he murdered a lazy sculptor, who in turn had murdered a pushy painter, who had murdered a sell-out collage maker.
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Galloway, Noble Sissle, Fletcher Henderson.
Crouched low in the shadows at the head of the stairs, he had a clear view of Fletcher, and through the spindly carved balusters of the railing he could see the vast open space beyond the balcony.
The armorers, fletchers, bowyers, and swordsmiths all stood to gain from the war.
Elven women sat in a circle carding wool, and in another area elven bowyers and fletchers worked on bows and arrows.
All the Fletchers and everything belonging to them were almost worshipped at Wharton Hall.
The Fletchers were great people, with great spirits, too good in every way for such baseness.
The old kings had died away, but the Fletchers and the Vaughans,--of whom she had been one,--and the Whartons remained, a peculiar people in an age that was then surrendering itself to quick perdition, and with peculiar duties.
Wharton, when the Fletchers or Everett were there, was freely used for that purpose.
John looked very black, for even with him the feeling about the Whartons and the Vaughans and the Fletchers was very strong.