archer
/ˈɑːtʃə
/noun
1A person who shoots with a bow and arrows, especially at a target as a sport.If an archer shoots their arrow into the wrong target face, that arrow will not score any points....
- Massed ranks of archers would aim their arrows high, to achieve a large range, without particularly careful aiming.
- Some archers allow the arrow to rest on the top of their forefinger, some prefer the rest.
Synonyms
bowman
1.1 (the Archer) The zodiacal sign or constellation Sagittarius.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French archier, based on Latin arcus 'bow'.
Rhymes
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of