archer

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1. a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Sagittarius.
3. an archerfish.

noun

1. William,1856–1924, Scottish playwright, drama critic, and translator.
2. a male given name.

adjective

1. playfully roguish or mischievous: an arch smile.
2. cunning; crafty; sly.

noun

3. Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief.

noun

1. a person skilled in the use of a bow and arrow

noun

1. the Archer the constellation Sagittarius, the ninth sign of the zodiac

noun

1. Frederick Scott. 1813–57, British inventor and sculptor. He developed (1851) the wet collodion photographic process, enabling multiple copies of pictures to be made
2. Jeffrey (Howard), Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare. born 1940, British novelist and Conservative politician. He was an MP from 1969 until 1974. His novels include Kane and Abel (1979), Honour Among Thieves (1993), and The Fourth Estate (1996): from 2001 to 2003 he was imprisoned for perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice
3. William. 1856–1924, Scottish critic and dramatist: made the first English translations of Ibsen

noun

1. a curved structure, normally in the vertical plane, that spans an opening
2. Also called: archway a structure in the form of an arch that serves as a gateway
3. something curved like an arch
4. 1. any of various parts or structures of the body having a curved or archlike outline, such as the transverse portion of the aorta (arch of the aorta) or the raised bony vault formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones (arch of the foot)
   2. one of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint, formed by several curved ridges one above the otherCompare loop 1 (def. 10a), whorl (def. 3)

verb

5. (tr) to span (an opening) with an arch
6. to form or cause to form an arch or a curve resembling that of an archthe cat arched its back
7. (tr) to span or extend overthe bridge arched the flooded stream

adjective

1. (prenominal) chief; principal; leadinghis arch rival
2. (prenominal) very experienced; expertan arch criminal
3. knowing or superior
4. playfully or affectedly roguish or mischievous

n.

late 13c., from Anglo-French archer, Old French archier “archer, bowmaker,” from Latin arcarius, from arcus “bow” (see arc). Also a 17c. name for the bishop in chess.

n.

c.1300, from Old French arche “arch of a bridge” (12c.), from Latin arcus “a bow” (see arc). Replaced native bow (n.1). Originally architectural in English; transferred by early 15c. to anything having this form (eyebrows, etc.).

adj.

1540s, “chief, principal,” from prefix arch-; used in 12c. archangel, etc., but extended to so many derogatory uses (arch-rogue, arch-knave, etc.) that by mid-17c. it acquired a meaning of “roguish, mischievous,” since softened to “saucy.” Also found in archwife (late 14c.), variously defined as “a wife of a superior order” or “a dominating woman, virago.”

v.

early 14c., “to form an arch” (implied in arched); c.1400, “to furnish with an arch,” from arch (n.). Related: Arching.

n.

1. An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.

In architecture, a curved or pointed opening that spans a doorway, window, or other space.

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