Meanings
nounarcheress (plural archeresses)
plural archeresses
- A female archer.
Catharine was a tolerable archeress with the long-bow, and the hut was now seldom without game of one kind or other.
1882, Catherine Parr Traill, Lost in the Backwoods1 more example
[…] looking very much as they must have looked when Queen Elizabeth deigned to show her skill as an archeress, to the detriment of the dappled deer in the wide park beyond.
1878, John Berwick Harwood, Helena, lady Harrogate, page 11Synonyms: markswoman, shootress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female archer.
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Translations
Ancient Greek τοξότις
- τοξότις (toxótis)a female archer
Dutch boogschutster
- boogschutstera female archer
Esperanto pafarkistino
- pafarkistinoa female archer
Finnish jousiampujatar
- jousiampujatara female archer
French archère
- archèrea female archer
German Bogenschützin
- Bogenschützina female archer
Greek τοξότρια
- τοξότρια (toxótria)a female archer
Irish banshaighdeoir, banbhoghdóir
- banshaighdeoira female archer
- banbhoghdóira female archer
Polish łuczniczka
- łuczniczkaa female archer
Portuguese arqueira
- arqueiraa female archer
Russian лу́чница
- лу́чница (lúčnica)a female archer
Spanish arquera
- arqueraa female archer
Ukrainian лу́чниця
- лу́чниця (lúčnycja)a female archer
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APA
archeress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archeress
MLA
“archeress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archeress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archeress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archeress.
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