[Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier, from fleche, arrow, of Germanic origin; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
Fletch·er (flěch'ər) English playwright who collaborated with Francis Beaumont on romantic tragicomedies, including Philaster (1610) and The Maid's Tragedy (1611).
"arrow-maker," c.1330 (as a surname attested from 1203), from O.Fr. flechier, from fleche "arrow," probably from Frank. *fliugica (cf. O.Low Ger. fliuca, M.Du. vliecke).