archer

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
• Homophone: Archer
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)

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.

archer (plural archers)

1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

   Synonyms: bowman, crossbowman, marksman, toxophilite, toxotes

2. (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.

archer

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

• charre

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”).

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃe/

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archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer

   Hyponym: arbalétrier

• “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.

archer (plural archers)

1. Alternative form of aircher

• “archer, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.