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The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages, [citation needed] leading to the development of the Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir" (also spelt "Mac an Fhleisdeir"), [2] [3] "the arrowsmith's son". While Fletcher was the occupational name, it was more often not the surname of a fletcher or arrowsmith professional.
John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud , Switzerland.
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 .
Fletcher's trial led to considerable public interest about the issues involved and need for reform. It also attracted a famous literary satire: The Trial of the Reverend Alexander Fletcher, A.M. before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Sense, and a Special Jury, published in 1825. To amuse the reader, the satire packed its 'jury ...
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Henderson County and the town of Fletcher faced what many are calling Western North Carolina's worst natural disaster in a lifetime. 'Worst storm damage I have seen': Helene batters Fletcher ...
For example, the letter 'D' begins with the word for master (Dominus), as he is the head of a household (Domus); the adjective docile (docilis) is derived by Isidore from the verb for "to teach" (docere), because docile people are able to learn; and the word for abominable (Nefarius) is explained as being not worth the grain called spelt (far ...