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archer Definition

archer (ärc̸hər)

noun

a person who shoots with bow and arrow; bowman

Etymology: ME < OFr archier < ML arcarius < L arcus, bow (see arc) + -arius, -er

archer Idioms

the Archer

Sagittarius, the constellation and ninth sign of the zodiac

archer Synonyms

archer

n.

bowman, longbowman, toxophilite, member of an archery team, crossbowman, arbalester, Sagittarius, William Tell.

archer Usage Examples

Possessives

  • bow: The archer's bow was normally made from yew and was about 6 feet long.

Converse of object

  • mount: The first Persians to engage were the mounted archers, who rained arrows on the Spartans.
  • join: In 1953 he joined The Archers for the first time to play farmhand Len Thomas.
  • become: The reporter and Herbert soon became very skillful archers.
  • include: I was really excited because they were going to include The Archers.
  • have: Archers Each company of the army would have some archers.
  • allow: The ones further away from the keep were lower down to allow archers to shoot at the enemy.

Adjective modifier

  • experienced: An experienced archer could fire an arrow every five seconds.
  • English: Around 12,000 Scots were killed in the battle, mainly under the heavy onslaught of the English archers.
  • Welsh: In their chosen terrain, however, the Irish now had to face the undoubted superiority of the Welsh archers.
  • top: The top American archers are better than the U.K. , but this is quite a small number of archers.
  • old: Some of the older archers wear rows of medals from Soviet times.
  • own: He was to be shot by his own archers.

Modifies a noun

  • fire: It was really interesting to see the armies lining up and watching the archers fire the arrows really high up into the air.
  • law: Archers Law have produced a number of information leaflets for further reading on this subject.
  • fan: Archers fan Rhodes, first established her own fashion house in 1969 in Fulham Road, west London.

Noun used with modifier

  • longbow: The longbow archers from Aquarius were not as successful this time round, but some excellent shots on gold ensured that everyone kept smiling.
  • horse: A nomadic army of horse archers might slip away to turn up somewhere else.
  • expert: Have a go at the noble art of archery with the local team of expert archers.
  • foot: These foot archers almost certainly represented the poorer elements of the various levies of Hungary.
Archer Quotes

The modern novel has been many things, and functioned at many levels. It would keep D.H. Lawrence poor, and make Jilly Cooper and Jeffrey Archer rich.

—Bradbury, Malcolm Stanley

archer Quotes

Le Poe'  te est semblable au prince des nue¤  es Qui hante la tempe"  te et se rit de l'archer; Exile¤   sur le sol au milieu des hue¤  es, Ses ailes de ge¤  ant l'empe"  chent de marcher. The Poet is like that prince of the clouds Who haunts the storms and laughs at the archer; Exiled to the ground in the midst of jeers, Hisgiant wings prevent him from walking.

—Baudelaire, Charles