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ARCHER
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Irregular inflected form: archer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21
Synonyms:
Archer; Sagittarius; Sagittarius the Archer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius
Synonyms:
Archer; Sagittarius
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Archer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
Synonyms:
archer; bowman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("archer" is a kind of...):
expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archer"):
longbowman (a medieval English archer who used a longbow)
Instance hyponyms:
Tell; William Tell (a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap))
Context examples:
“Here, then, is something to try upon,” quoth the archer, pulling a square of parchment from the inside of his tunic.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By my hilt!” cried the archer, “it is the very bird itself.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I doubt it not, mon ami,” quoth the archer, going back to his tankard.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The archer settled himself to it like one who had known what it was to find good food scarce; but his tongue still went as merrily as his teeth.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is sooth, every word of it,” the archer answered.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Right under the blade bone!” quoth the archer, sauntering forward for his arrow.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The archers doffed caps at the sight of it, and the bailiff crossed himself devoutly as he handed it to the robber.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Even as he looked one of the archers drew his sword with a sharp whirr of steel and stept up to the lost man.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Well sung, by my hilt!” shouted the archer in high delight.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Seeing himself discovered, the man rushed out from his hiding-place, and bounded at the top of his speed down the line of archers, keeping a good hundred paces to the front of them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
