Archer
['ɑːtʃə] or ['ɑrtʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
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Definition
(n.) A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bowman, SAGITTARY.
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Definition
n. one who shoots with a bow and arrows:—fem. Arch′eress.—ns. Arch′er-fish an acanthopterygious fish of India which catches insects by shooting water at them from its mouth; Arch′ery the art of shooting with the bow: a company of archers.
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Examples
- He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Or her taste for peculiar people, put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- There are plenty of people to tell you what to do, Archer rejoined, obscurely envious of them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Don't tell me, Mrs. Archer would say to her children, all this modern newspaper rubbish about a New York aristocracy. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- M. Le Gray, of Paris, was the first to suggest collodion for this purpose, but Mr. Scott Archer, of London, in 1851, was the first to carry it out practically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was, as Mrs. Archer smilingly said to Mrs. Welland, a great event for a young couple to give their first big dinner. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Archer's heart was beating violently when he rang old Mrs. Mingott's bell. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- After that Archer was but intermittently aware of the remarks they exchanged. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Good-bye; come and see me some day, she said, still looking at Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- When she had gone Archer stood up and began to wander about. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mrs. Archer smiled at this confirmation of her inference. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Newland Archer had been aware of these things ever since he could remember, and had accepted them as part of the structure of his universe. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Scott Archer’s Collodion Process in Photography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Newland Archers, since they had set up their household, had received a good deal of company in an informal way. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The archers, having previously determined by lot their order of precedence, were to shoot each three shafts in succession. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The day, said Waldemar, is not yet very far spent--let the archers shoot a few rounds at the target, and the prize be adjudged. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His army was overwhelmed by the Philistine archers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Jackson leaned back in his chair, and glanced up at the candlelit Archers, Newlands and van der Luydens hanging in dark frames on the dark walls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- When the Archers left Botzen they had no idea of ever seeing Mrs. Carfry and Miss Harle again. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Romans had been held at the Euphrates by an array of mounted archers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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