Archer

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An archer is a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow (archery).

Contents 1 People with the surname Archer 1.1 Fictional 2 Gods and heroes 3 Military 4 Aviation 5 Merchant ships 6 Place names 7 Other uses 8 See also

[edit] People with the surname Archer

• Archer (surname), the surname
  • Archer can be an anglicized version of the German name Schütze, meaning "shooter" or "rifleman"^{[citation needed]}

[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

• Archer (tank destroyer), the British tank destroyer
• HMAS Archer, name of a ship of the Royal Australian Navy
• HMS Archer, name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
• AA-11 Archer, NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile
• Operation Archer, Canadian Forces supporting the ISAF and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan
• Project ARCHER, an international partnership to develop the next generation self-propelled artillery system for Sweden and Denmark
• ARCHER Artillery System, Swedish produced, entering service circa 2009.

[edit] Aviation

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

[edit] Merchant ships

• MV Archer, an American Type C1 ship

[edit] Place names

Australia

• Archer River in Cape York Peninsula

United States

• Archer, Florida
• Archer, Iowa
• Archer, Nebraska
• Archer County, Texas

[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

• List of archers
• The Archers, long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera about rural life in England
• Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers, a famous painting

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