toxophilite

The definition of a toxophilite is a person who really enjoys archery.

(noun)

An example of a toxophilite is someone who loves shooting with a bow and arrow.

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See toxophilite in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who is especially fond of archery

Origin: < Toxophilus, title of a book (1545) by Roger Ascham < Gr toxon, a bow + philos, loving + -ite

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