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ar·cher·y

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–noun

1.	the art, practice, or skill of an archer.

2.	archers collectively, as in an army.

3.	the equipment of an archer, as bows and arrows.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME archerye < MF archerie, equiv. to arch(i)er archer + -ie -y³

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arch·er·y Audio Help (är'chə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n.

The art, sport, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow.
The equipment of an archer.
A group of archers.

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archery
noun
the sport of shooting arrows with a bow

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ˈarchery noun

the art or sport of shooting with a bow

Arabic:	رَمي السِّهام
Chinese (Simplified):	射箭术
Chinese (Traditional):	射箭術
Czech:	lukostřelba
Danish:	bueskydning
Dutch:	boogschieten
Estonian:	vibulaskmine
Finnish:	jousiammunta
French:	tir à l'arc
German:	das Bogenschießen
Greek:	τοξοβολία
Hungarian:	íjászat
Icelandic:	bogfimi
Indonesian:	olahraga panahan
Italian:	tiro con l'arte*

Japanese:	弓術
Korean:	궁도, 궁술
Latvian:	loka šaušana
Lithuanian:	šaudymas iš lanko
Norwegian:	bueskyting
Polish:	łucznictwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	arte do arco e flecha
Portuguese (Portugal):	jogo do arco
Romanian:	tir cu arcul
Russian:	стрельба из лука
Slovak:	lukostreľba
Slovenian:	lokostrelstvo
Spanish:	tiro con arco
Swedish:	bågskytte
Turkish:	okçuluk