archer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: archer	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for archer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
archer n a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman] (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius Synonym(s): Sagittarius, Archer the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21 Synonym(s): Sagittarius, Sagittarius the Archer, Archer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archer \Arch"er\, n. [archier, F. archer, LL. arcarius, fr. L. arcus bow. See {Arc}, {Arch}, n.] A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Archer, FL (city, FIPS 1775) Location: 29.53408 N, 82.51893 W Population (1990): 1372 (607 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32618 Archer, IA (city, FIPS 2530) Location: 43.11447 N, 95.74405 W Population (1990): 131 (59 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51231 Archer, NE Zip code(s): 68816
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Archer a shooter with the bow (1 Chr. 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (Gen. 21:20; 27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers (1 Sam. 31:3). The phrase "breaking the bow" (Hos. 1:5; Jer. 49:35) is equivalent to taking away one's power, while "strengthening the bow" is a symbol of its increase (Gen. 49:24). The Persian archers were famous among the ancients (Isa. 13:18; Jer. 49:35; 50:9, 14, 29, 42. (See {BOW}).