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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