different between archer vs mawle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).t??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t??/
• Homophone: Archer
• Rhymes: -??(r)t??(r)

Etymology 1

from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English s?ytta.

Noun

archer (plural archers)

1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

   Synonyms: bowman, crossbowman, marksman, toxophilite, toxotes

2. (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.

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Etymology 2

Adjective

archer

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

Anagrams

• charre

French

Etymology

From arche, a variant of arc (“bow”) + -er, or from Middle French archier, from Old French archier, from Late Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?e/

Noun

archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer

Further reading

• “archer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• maul, mall, malle

Noun

mawle (plural mawles)

1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons (page 52)

     A mawle of lead five feet long, and a pike with the same hanging by a girdle with a hook, is recommended by Ralph Smith for the arms of an archer, it has been quoted at length, under the article of the long bow.

Anagrams

• meawl