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ar·row (ar′ō, er′-)

noun

  1. a slender shaft, usually pointed at one end and feathered at the other, for shooting from a bow
  2. anything like an arrow in form, speed, purpose, etc.
  3. a sign (←), used to indicate direction or position

Etymology: OE earh, arwe; akin to Goth arhwa- (for IE base see arc); orig. sense of arrow was “belonging to the bow”

Arrow definition

Ar·row (ar′ō, er′-)

Arrow, Kenneth Joseph 1921-; U.S. economist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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