Fletcher is a word meaning someone who makes arrows.
Strictly speaking, a Fletcher is someone who Fletches arrows (puts the flight feathers on), while an 'arrow maker' makes the wooden part of the arrow.
Over time, these two skills came to be undertaken by the same person and hence Fletcher became synonymous with arrow making.
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Depeche Mode is an English band that began in 1980. The original people who were in the group Depeche Mode were Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke.
The names of the members are Luke Robert Hemmings,Calum Thomas Hood,Michael Gordon Clifford and Ashton Fletcher Irwin. (This is in age order, Ashton being the eldest)
In the late 1970s, Clarke and schoolmate Andy Fletcher formed the short-lived band No Romance in China. In 1979, he teamed up with Fletcher to form French Look, an early incarnation of Depeche Mode that was later re-named Composition of Sound, following the addition of Martin Gore. Clarke initially handled vocals.Dave was added to the line-up when Vince overheard him singing 'Heroes' by David Bowie and he became the lead singer. He had been studying Art at 'Southend Technical College' beforehand.
No, but sometimes "average" means "mean" - when it doesn't mean median, geometric mean, or something else entirely.