Archer
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archer¹
- /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/ UK
- [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː] UK
- /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ US
- [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] US
Sounds like Archer · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun archers
- One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
- The bishop in chess.
archer²
- /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/ UK
- [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː] UK
- /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ US
- [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] US
Sounds like Archer · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
adjective
- comparative form of arch: more arch
Archer³
- /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/ UK
- [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː] UK
- /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ US
- [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] US
Sounds like archer · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
proper noun the Archer
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Sagittarius. The Balance shows redemption’s need; The Scorpion wounds He must endure; The Archer tells His coming sure; The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]
proper noun
- A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a bowman.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.
- A city in Alachua County, Florida, named after James T. Archer.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.
- A minor city in O'Brien County, Iowa, named after townsite owner John Archer.
- A census-designated place in Merrick County, Nebraska, named after Robert T. Archer.
- A township in Harrison County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, named after Archer Beasley.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
