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bowyer

bowyer

9.9
A person who makes bows for shooting arrows
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊjər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arquería
  • As a talented bowyer, he spends hours selecting the best materials for his bows.

Examples

  • They are from Evermeet, I am told, crafted by the bowyers and fletchers of the royal family.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The skilled bowyer crafted a beautiful wooden bow for the archery competition.

  • Many ancient cultures relied on a skilled bowyer to create their hunting equipment.

Synonyms

bowmaker
vsbowyer
7.4

A person who makes bows for violins or archery

is limited to making bows for archery and hunting not instruments

Surface Forms

bowyer singular
bowyers plural

Morphology

bowyer = bow (transparent) = bow + yer

Formed from the noun 'bow' with an agentive suffix (spelled -yer); meaning 'one who makes or works with bows' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Bowyer is someone who makes bows. The word simply joins bow, meaning the weapon, and the ending -yer, like in 'baker', meaning 'person who does something', so a bowyer is a 'bow maker' who makes bows for archery or hunting.