archer
See also: Archer
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Translations edit
one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow
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See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
archer
- comparative form of arch: more arch
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)
- archer
- Hyponym: arbalétrier
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
archer (plural archers)
- Alternative form of aircher
References edit
- “archer, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.