1
: a person who uses a bow and arrow
2
capitalized
: sagittarius
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Using this twisting technique, flexible ropes could be fashioned that the team believes could meet the needs of experienced archers.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
Yi was successful and saved humanity, and to thank the hero, the moon gods gave the archer two elixirs granting him everlasting life.
—Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Since the pair began dating last year, Swift has frequently given nods to the Chiefs' player on tour in altered lyrics to her songs and doing the archer pose, with Kelce typically being in the audience at her shows.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The supernaturally skilled archer is in most of the ensemble Avengers films, but this Disney+ series marks his first solo outing.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
Yi was successful and saved humanity, and to thank the hero, the moon gods gave the archer two elixirs granting him everlasting life.
—Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Since the pair began dating last year, Swift has frequently given nods to the Chiefs' player on tour in altered lyrics to her songs and doing the archer pose, with Kelce typically being in the audience at her shows.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The supernaturally skilled archer is in most of the ensemble Avengers films, but this Disney+ series marks his first solo outing.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Archer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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archer
noun
ar·cher
ˈär-chər 
: a person who shoots with a bow and arrow
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