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noun, masculine

archer

/aʁ.ʃe/

noun, masculine/aʁ.ʃe/plural: archers

archer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow)

Related: archer cracheur, poisson archer

From Middle French and Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, from Classical Latin arcuārius, derived from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arc + -er.