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archeress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɑːtʃəɹɪs/ (UK)

Etymology

From archer + -ess.

Meanings

  1. A female archer.
    • […] looking very much as they must have looked when Queen Elizabeth deigned to show her skill as an archeress, to the detriment of the dappled deer in the wide park beyond. 1878, John Berwick Harwood, Helena, lady Harrogate, page 11:
    • Catharine was a tolerable archeress with the long-bow, and the hut was now seldom without game of one kind or other. 1882, Catherine Parr Traill, Lost in the Backwoods:

Forms

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archeresses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

shootress · markswoman

Translations (18)

kw sethores (a female archer) · ga banshaighdeoir (a female archer) · de Bogenschützin (a female archer) · ga banbhoghdóir (a female archer) · uk лу́чниця (a female archer) · nl boogschutster (a female archer) · eo pafarkistino (a female archer) · hy նետաձգուհի (a female archer) · pl łuczniczka (a female archer) · ru лу́чница (a female archer) · fi jousiampujatar (a female archer) · mk стрелачка (a female archer) · es arquera (a female archer) · grc τοξότις (a female archer) · pt arqueira (a female archer) · kw gwaregores (a female archer) · fr archère (a female archer) · el τοξότρια (a female archer)