ARCHER (archer)

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Irregular inflected form: archer   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Archer mean? 

• ARCHER (noun)
  The noun ARCHER has 3 senses:

1. a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

3. the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21

  Familiarity information: ARCHER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

archer; bowman

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Archer; Sagittarius

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:

The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Archer; Sagittarius; Sagittarius the Archer

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)

 Context examples 

“You, then, young sir?” asked the archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sharpless 2-54 and the Eagle and Omega Nebulae are located roughly 7000 light-years away — the first two fall within the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent), while the latter lies within Sagittarius (The Archer).

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

To make their respective discoveries, each team analysed ALMA observations of HD 163296, a young star about 330 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer).

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

Also known as Sh 2-29, Sharpless 29 is located about 5500 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), next door to the larger Lagoon Nebula.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

“Pasques Dieu!” cried the archer, loosening his jerkin, and eyeing his foeman over with the keen glance of one who is a judge of manhood.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Magna est veritas sed rara, which means in the Latin tongue that archers are all honorable men. I come to you seeking knowledge, for it is my trade to learn.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Meaning that I lie,” said the archer, laying down his knife.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Shalt clip me as best you can then,” quoth the archer, moving out into the open space, and keeping a most wary eye upon his opponent.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Not I,” quoth the archer, pulling on his clothes, “I have come well out of the business. I would sooner wrestle with the great bear of Navarre.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It shall be put in the safest loft, good archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)