toxophilite
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- toxophilitic adjective
- toxophily noun
Etymology
Origin of toxophilite
1785–95; Toxophil ( us ) bow-lover (coined by Roger Ascham in his 1545 book so entitled < Greek tóxo ( n ) bow + -philos -phile ) + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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It is the ancestor of some rather jokey English words including "toxophilite" meaning archer - and the main element in a host of words in Greek covering almost every aspect of bowmanship.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2015
Into the gold bull's-eye of the 48-in. target at Canandaigua last week the arrows loosed by a lanky toxophilite from Coldwater, Mich., thumped most consistently.
From Time Magazine Archive
All Manchurian railways except the Soviet-controlled Chinese Eastern are either openly Japanese-operated or under Japanese control—BUT The Government of that saki-drinking toxophilite Reijiro Wakatsuki fell Tokyo last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both respectable men and elders of the Church are capable now and then of indulging in a little toxophilite recreation; archery: shooting with the old English weapon of Robin Hood.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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