1
: a person who uses a bow and arrow
2
capitalized
: sagittarius
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In survival mode, players have to fend off attacks from enemy creatures like zombies, giant spiders, and skeleton archers that come out at night, almost turning it into a horror game.
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Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
An angry archer took aim at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building early Tuesday, shooting three arrows at a glass door, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Not to mention the archer would seem to fit in well with a team of relatively low-power anti-heroes.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
When Katniss' sister Prim is selected, the archer volunteers as tribute in Prim's place.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
An angry archer took aim at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building early Tuesday, shooting three arrows at a glass door, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Not to mention the archer would seem to fit in well with a team of relatively low-power anti-heroes.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
When Katniss' sister Prim is selected, the archer volunteers as tribute in Prim's place.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for archer
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“Archer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archer. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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archer
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ar·cher
ˈär-chər 
: a person who shoots with a bow and arrow
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