archer

Speech parts

1. archer - Noun

2. archer - Adjective

3. Archer - Proper noun

Meaning

A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bowman sagittarius marksman crossbowman longbowman Sagittarius the Archer hunter huntsman Abraham bishop ripper musketeer grenadier gunner trooper
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Antonyms

lower lighter commoner meeker slighter humbler
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Hypernyms

person individual soul expert mortal somebody

Hyponyms

longbowman

Phrases with the word

crack archer yeoman archer mythical archer

Derivatives

archer

Anagrams

charre

Examples

A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther. Sri Aurobindo

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! Walter Scott

Insatiate archer could not one suffice Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn. Edward Young

A good archer is not known by his arrows, but his aim. English Proverb

The ropeman got mixed with the archer. Arabic Proverb

The archer that shoots badly has a lie ready. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

archeparchy archepiscopal archepiscopally Archer City Archer County archeress