archer

Meanings

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

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Sagittarius.

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.
3. A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A city in Alachua County, Florida, named after James T. Archer.
6. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
7. An unincorporated community in Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.
8. A minor city in O'Brien County, Iowa, named after townsite owner John Archer.
9. A census-designated place in Merrick County, Nebraska, named after Robert T. Archer.
10. A township in Harrison County, Ohio.
11. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, named after Archer Beasley.
12. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

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.