Archer

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An archer is someone who practices archery. Examples of archers can be found at the List of archers article. They were used in ancient and medieval times as part of armies. An archer was equipped with a bow and arrows which they used for long range battles.

Archer can also refer to:

People

• Archer (surname)
• Anne Archer, American actress
• Colin Archer, naval architect
• Frederick Scott Archer, British pioneer of photography
• Geoffrey Archer, British author of military thrillers
• Gleason Archer, Sr., founder of Suffolk University
• Gleason Archer, Jr., American theologian
• Iain Archer, Irish musician
• James Archer, Scottish painter
• James J. Archer, American Civil War Confederate general
• James W. Archer, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Jeffrey Archer, British author, former politician
• Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
• Lester Archer, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard Archer, English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
• Tasmin Archer, English soul/pop/rock singer
• Thomas Archer, English Baroque architect
• Thomas Archer (pastoralist)
• Violet Archer, composer
• William Archer (critic)
• William S. Archer (1789-1855), Virginian politician

Fictional characters

• Cate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer game
• Frank Archer, a soldier in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime
• Jonathan Archer, the captain in the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
• Lew Archer, a private detective in series of novels by Ross MacDonald (named in honor of the The Maltese Falcon character)
• Sean Archer, a character portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
• Archer (comics), an X-Factor character in Marvel Comics
• Archer (Fate/stay night), a character from the Fate/stay night anime

Military

• Archer (tank destroyer), the British tank destroyer
• HMS Archer, name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
• HMAS Archer, name of a ship of the Royal Australian Navy
• AA-11 Archer, NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile
• Project ARCHER (ARCHER Artillery System), an international partnership to develop the next generation self-propelled artillery system for Sweden and Denmark
• Operation Archer, Canadian Forces supporting the ISAF and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

Aviation

• Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance, an aerial imaging system
• Piper Archer, a variant of the Piper Aircraft Cherokee general aviation airplane

Other uses

• Archer River, a river in Cape York Peninsula, Australia
• Archer, Florida, a city in the United States
• "Green Archers", the varsity teams of De La Salle University-Manila
• Archer (horse), an Australian racehorse that won the first two Melbourne Cups.
• Archer (typeface), a typeface by American type designers Hoefler & Frere-Jones
• "An Archer", English slang for the amount of £2000, the sum allegedly given by Jeffrey Archer to Monica Coghlan
• Archer (band), hailing from Santa Cruz, California
• Archer Grand Prix cycle race, an international cycle race held annually in Britain for over 50 years
• Archer Road Club, a London-based cycling club
• "Archer", the anglicized version of the German name Schütze, meaning "shooter" or "rifleman"
• Archer Bible, a translation of the Bible

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