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An archer is a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow (archery).
[edit] People with the surname Archer
[edit] Fictional
- Archer (comics), an X-Factor character in Marvel Comics
- Archer (DC Comics), a fictional character
- Archer (Fate/stay night), a character in Fate/stay night media
- 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 of the starship Enterprise 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)
- Newland Archer, a character in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, The Age of Innocence
- Nancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50ft. Woman.
- Sean Archer, a character portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
- Several related characters in the Philip K. Dick novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
[edit] Gods and heroes
- Ullr, a Norse god.
- Arjuna, one of the five Pandavas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
- Drona was the master of Arjuna, that made him the best archer in the world.
- Ekalavya, the most talented archer in the epic of Mahabharata.
- Go Jumong, an exceptionally skilled and well known practitioner of archery in ancient Korea; later became the first emperor of Goguryeo.
- Legolas, an Elf in J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
[edit] Military
[edit] Aviation
[edit] Merchant ships
[edit] Place names
- Australia
- United States
[edit] Other uses
- Archer (typeface), by American type designers Hoefler & Frere-Jones
- "Green Archers", the varsity teams of De La Salle University-Manila
- 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 (horse), an Australian racehorse that won the first two Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862
- Archer, a 1975 NBC television series starring Brian Keith
- Archer (TV series), a 2009 FX animated television series created by Adam Reed
- Ranger (character class), a role-playing character class skilled with a bow
- Archer (automobile), a British cyclecar
- "The Archer", another name for the constellation Sagittarius
[edit] See also