Archership

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The skill of an archer. uncountable

    "1791, William Cowper (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, Book 19, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper, London: William Smith, 1839, p. 492, […] I shall fix, This day, the rings for trial to them all Of archership;"

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"1791, William Cowper (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, Book 19, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper, London: William Smith, 1839, p. 492, […] I shall fix, This day, the rings for trial to them all Of archership;"

Etymology

From archer + -ship.

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