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archery

[ahr-chuh-ree] Origin

ar·cher·y

[ahr-chuh-ree]
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; Middle English archerye < Middle French archerie, equivalent to arch(i)er archer + -ie -y3
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archery (ˈɑːtʃərɪ)
 
n
1.  the art or sport of shooting with bows and arrows
2.  archers or their weapons collectively

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archery
c.1400, from O.Fr. archerie, from archier (see archer).
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