archer
See also: Archer
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (RP) (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
- archeress
- archerfish
- archership
- archery
- horse archer
Translations
one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow
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See also
- arrow
- bow
- quiver
- Sagittarius
- sagittary
Adjective
archer
- comparative form of arch: more arch
Anagrams
- charre
French
Etymology
From arche, a variant of arc (“bow”) + -er, or from Middle French archier, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ʃe/
Audio (file)
Noun
archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)
- archer
Further reading
- “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.