Archer

archer English <dab!> Pronunciation en non-rhotic en /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/ [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː] RP en rhotic en /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] GA en ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ) 2 en Ar cher en archer Proper noun the Archer en astronomy astrology The constellation and zodiacal sign Sagittarius. en Centaur the Centaur en 1862 [Frances Rolleston] Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III Rivingtons London 7 The Balance shows redemption’s need;The Scorpion wounds He must endure;The Archer tells His coming sure;The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.] en 1893 E. W. Bullinger Witness of the Stars The author London 16 The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins,And next the Crab, the Lion shines,The Virgin and the Scales;The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. en 1903 Emmeline M. Plunket Ancient Calendars and Constellations London 79 John Murray In the Assyrian Standard [...] we see the figure of an Archer above that of a galloping Bull, and in another Assyrian Standard, that of Sargon II., we find not only the Archer and the Bull, the two constellations which 4,000 b.c. marked the equinoctial colure, but we may also clearly trace a reference to the two constellations which at the same date marked the solstitial colure, namely, those of the Lion and the Water-man. en 21 Nov 1926 How old is the zodiac? The Woodend Star Victoria 4 6 Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts made by philosophers of the Christian and other faiths to give them more prosaic or more religious names. en 14 Nov 1947 Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News Tecoma, Vic. 8 2 No racketting around and cocktail parties for those born under the influence of the Water-carrier and the Archer. Proper noun en Anglo-Norman < occupations for a bowman. en male surnames modern. en suburb city/Palmerston terr/Northern Territory c/Australia. en number of places c/USA: en city co/Alachua County s/Florida, named after James T. Archer. en unincorporated community co/Madison County s/Idaho. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Curran co/Sangamon County s/Illinois. en minor city co/O'Brien County s/Iowa, named after townsite owner John Archer. en CDP co/Merrick County s/Nebraska, named after Robert T. Archer. en twp co/Harrison County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Marshall County s/Tennessee, named after Archer Beasley. en unincorporated community co/Wetzel County s/West Virginia. Derived terms en Archer City en Archer County Anagrams en acehrr charre en surnames from common nouns surnames from occupations