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‖ franc-archer Fr. Hist.|frɑ̃karʃe|
Pl. franc(s-archers.
[Fr.; franc free (see frank a.) + archer archer.]
One of a body of archers established by Charles VII, one man being equipped by each parish, and exempted from taxes in consideration of his service.
1675tr. Machiavelli's Prince (Rtldg. 1883) 293 In every parish in France there is a person called a frank archer. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) III. ii. 92 Marching all night, he surprised the franc-archers and their leader. 1885Plummer in Fortescue's Abs. & Lim. Mon. 197 The francs-archers, abolished by Louis XI after..Guinegate in 1479. |