archery
Americannoun
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the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
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archers collectively, as in an army.
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the equipment of an archer, as bows and arrows.
noun
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the art or sport of shooting with bows and arrows
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archers or their weapons collectively
Etymology
Origin of archery
1350–1400; Middle English archerye < Middle French archerie, equivalent to arch ( i ) er archer + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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They rehearsed martial arts in gentlemanly competitions of archery or horsemanship and recycled past heroics as entertainment in innumerable new stage dramas, literature, paintings and prints.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Kacey also took part in the 2025 British Transplant Games in Oxford in the summer, winning a gold medal in archery and a bronze medal in sprint.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Carragher took an archery course in addition to the group training.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
Dre in a lot of ways—self-taught, can play a trumpet, might qualify for the Olympics in archery, can play a piano—self-taught.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025
I don’t know where a simple bow and arrow could possibly find a place in all this high-tech equipment, but then we come upon a wall of deadly archery weapons.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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