archer

adj

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

name

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a bowman.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
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noun

Etymology: from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta.

1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
2. The bishop in chess.