archer

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/, [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː]

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• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ar‧cher
• Homophone: Archer

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 Middle French and Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, from Classical Latin arcuārius, derived from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arc +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃe/

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archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow)

   Hyponym: arbalétrier

• “archer”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “archer”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “archer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

archer (plural archers)

1. alternative form of aircher