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archer A soldier armed with bow and arrows. Archers have practised their deadly skill since prehistory in most parts of the world, for example, the Romans employed Scythian archers on horseback. In the Middle Ages the cumbrous but powerful crossbow was widely used in continental Europe, despite being forbidden against all except infidels by the Lateran Council of 1139. In England the potential of the longbow was discovered in the time of Edward I, but it was in Edward III's reign that full use was first made of it; nearly 2 m (6 feet) long, and made of yew, oak, or maple, it enabled accurate firing of arrows at a range of up to about 320 m (350 yards), and it gave England such victories as CRÉCY in 1346 and POITIERS in 1356. Archery became the English national sport; Roger Ascham, tutor to the future ELIZABETH I, published Toxophilus, a treatise on archery (1545). The musketeer superseded the archer in Europe from the later 16th century, but in 19th-century North America the Native Americans proved how devastating the mounted archer could be, even against men armed with rifles.
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"archer." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "archer." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-archer.html "archer." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-archer.html |
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Archer ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin an occupational name for a bowman (Old French arch(i)er, from Latin arc(u)arius, a derivative of arcus ‘bow’). In Australia it may sometimes have been chosen as a given name in tribute to the seven Archer brothers ( Charles, John, David, William, Archibald, Thomas, and Colin) who were well-known pastoralists and explorers in 19th-century Queensland.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Archer." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Archer." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Archer.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Archer." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Archer.html |
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arch·er / ˈärchər/ • n. a person who shoots with a bow and arrows, esp. at a target for sport. ∎ (the Archer) the zodiacal sign or constellation Sagittarius. |
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"archer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "archer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-archer.html "archer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-archer.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "archer." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "archer." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-archer.html T. F. HOAD. "archer." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-archer.html |
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Archer,
1. a character in Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem; 2. Isabel, the heroine of H. James's The Portrait of a Lady. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Archer." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Archer." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Archer.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Archer." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Archer.html |
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•capture, enrapture, rapture
•flycatcher • oystercatcher
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•primogeniture, progeniture
•miniature • furniture • temperature
•portraiture • literature
•divestiture, vestiture
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"archer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "archer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-archer.html "archer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-archer.html |
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