fletcher

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The Word of the Day for January 23 is: 

fletcher   \FLETCH-er\   noun
          : a maker of arrows

Example sentence:
          The fletcher presented the village's archery champion with his most 
recent design, an arrow crafted to travel in a steady course through any 
headwind.

Did you know?
          "Fletcher" is one of a number of English words that once commonly 
referred to occupations but are now better known as surnames. "Fletcher" came 
to English from the Anglo-French noun "fleche," meaning "arrow"; our verb "to 
fletch" can mean "to furnish (an arrow) with a feather." Other names for 
occupations that are now commonly used as surnames include "cooper" (a person 
who makes or repairs wooden casks or tubs), "collier" (a coal miner), 
"chandler" (a person who make candles), "sawyer" (a person who saws wood), and 
"wainwright" (a person who makes wagons). And, of course, there are names such 
as Baker, Carpenter, and Miller whose origins are more or less 
self-explanatory. 





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