bowyer

[boh-yer]

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noun

a maker or seller of archers' bows.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English bogiere, bouwyer, bouer; see bow², -yer

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bowyer (ˈbəʊjə)

—n
	a person who makes or sells archery bows

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bowyer

"maker of bows," attested late 12c. as a surname, from bow (n.1) + -yer (cf. lawyer)

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