archer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
- [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] (General-American)
- /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
- (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| archers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
archership · horse archer · archeress · archery · archerfish
Relateds
quiver · sagittary · Sagittarius · arrow · bow
Synonyms
crossbowman · bowman · marksman · toxotes · toxophilite
Translations (115)
cy saethyddion (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mr धनुर्धारी (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · et vibukütt (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · be лу́чніца (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · he קַשָּׁת (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ko 사수 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh стрѐлича̄р (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · pt arqueiro (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · az oxatan (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · it arciere (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gv sideyr (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mr धनुर्धर (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo འཕོང་མཁན (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · la arcarius (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · th นักยิงธนู (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · rgn arcér (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · id pemanah (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fi jousiampuja (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ro săgetător (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gv bowder (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · eo arbalestisto (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gl seteiro (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ar الرَّامِي (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo མདའ་པ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · de Bogenschütze (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fr arbalétrier (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · is bogmaður (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cop ⲣⲉϥⲛⲉϫⲥⲁϯ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sl lokostrelec (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · tr kemankeş (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sk lukostrelec (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ast arqueru (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cmn 弓箭手 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo དཔག་ཆེན (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · alt саадакчы (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gv boweyder (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mk стрелец (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mk стреличар (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · tyv адыгжы (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · hy նետաձիգ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ru стрело́к из лу́ка (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · oc arquièr (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fa کماندار (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · tl mamamana (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · nb bueskytter (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ja 射手 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · pl łuczniczka (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh лукострелац (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fa کمانور (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · az oxçu (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sq shigjetar (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · eo arkisto (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ro arcaș (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo མདའ་རྒྱབ་མཁན (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ru лу́чница (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · roa-opt arqueiro (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · wa airtchî (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · la sagittarius (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · be лу́чнік (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · egy T10:t*y-D40 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gd boghadair (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ee aŋutrɔdala (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · yi בויגן־שיסער (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · oj mitigwaabinini (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · nan-hbl 射手 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · nl boogschutter (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo མདའ་མཁན (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · gl arqueiro (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · pl łucznik (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · tr okçu (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh strèličār (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ka მშვილდოსანი (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo འཕོང་སྐྱེན་པ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo མདའ་ཚན་ཆེན་པོ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · uk лу́чник (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ar رَامٍ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fa تیرانداز (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fr archer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mhr пикш дене лӱйышӧ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · zza timkar (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh стре́лац (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · af boogskutter (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cs lukostřelec (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · lt ki̇̀lpininkas (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh lukostrelac (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · yi פֿײַלן־בויגער (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · fi jousimies (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mr तिरंदाज (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mn харваач (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · uk лу́чниця (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ru лу́чник (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · es arquero (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cs lučištník (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cy saethydd (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · te విలుకాడు (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · nn bogeskyttar (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · mi kaikōpere (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · hu íjász (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · kk садақшы (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · uga 𐎖𐎌𐎚 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · grc τοξότης (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · scn arceri (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sh strélac (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · eo arkpafisto (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · da bueskytte (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · cmn 射手 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · km ធនុហត្ថ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ja 射手 (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ca arquer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · bo མདའ་བསྣུན (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ang sċytta (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · vi xạ thủ (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · el τοξότης (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · ms pemanah (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) · sv bågskytt (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow)