archer
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See also: Archer
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
- Homophone: Archer
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta.
Noun
archer (plural archers)
- One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
- Synonyms: bowman, crossbowman, marksman, toxophilite, toxotes
- (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
Derived terms
Translations
one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow
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See also
Etymology 2
Adjective
archer
- comparative form of arch: more arch
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French and Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, from Classical Latin arcuārius, derived from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arc + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)
- archer
- Hyponym: arbalétrier
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “archer” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “archer” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “archer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Scots
Noun
archer (plural archers)
- Alternative form of aircher
References
- “archer, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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