archer

from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).tʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtʃɚ/
• Homophone: Archer
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃə(r)

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 arche, a variant of arc (“bow”) + -er, or from Middle French archier, from Old French archier, from Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃe/

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archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer

• “archer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).