Word Meanings - BOWYER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An archer; one who uses bow. 2. One who makes or sells bows.

ARCHERY
1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. 2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster .
ARCHER
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
ARCHERESS
A female archer. Markham.
ARCHER FISH
A small fish , of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.
ARCHERSHIP
The art or skill of an archer.
MARCHER
One who marches.
STARCHER
One who starches.
CLEARSTARCHER
One who clearstarches.
RESEARCHER
One who researches.
SEARCHER
One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. An officer of the customs