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Fletcher is an Anglo-Norman surname of French, English, Scottish and Irish origin. The name is a regional ( La Flèche ) and an occupational name for an arrowsmith (a maker and or seller of arrows), derived from the Old French flecher (in turn from Old French fleche "arrow"). [ 1 ]
A fletcher is a person who attaches fletchings to the shaft of arrows. Fletchers were traditionally associated with the Worshipful Company of Fletchers , a guild in the City of London . The word is related to the French word flèche , meaning 'arrow', via the ultimate root of Old Frankish fliukka .
Clan Fletcher is a Scottish clan. [2] The clan is officially recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms ; however, as the clan does not currently have a chief recognized by the Lord Lyon, it is considered an armigerous clan .
Fletcher Construction, a major New Zealand construction company; Fletcher baronets, four titles, one of which is still extant; Fletcher Collection, a collection of British postage stamps in the British Library; Fletcher (typeface), a geometrically constructed blackletter typeface; Needlegun or fletcher, a firearm that fires flechettes
cf. Ger. -langen as in Erlangen; still in use in English dialect and Scots. law, low OE from hlaw, a rounded hill Charlaw, Tow Law, Lewes, Ludlow, [58] North Berwick Law: often standalone often a hill with a barrow or hillocks on its summit; still in use in Scotland. le NF from archaic French lès, [59] in the vicinity of, near to
The Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (DEAF) is an etymological dictionary of Old French.The lexicographic project was born in the mid-1960s and has been in progress ever since with its headquarters at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany).
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep, groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry, brush and rock (from French).
Etymologicum Teutonicae Linguae, 1777.. An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology.