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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.
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'''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
* [[Malcolm Archer]], British composer, organist, and conductor
* [[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
* [[State Military characters of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime#Frank Archer|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)
* [[Newland Archer]], a character in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, ''The Age of Innocence''
* [[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
* [[The Archers]], the family at the centre of the eponymous BBC radio soap opera about rural life in England
* [[Arash]] (and variants), a heroic archer-figure of Iranian oral tradition and folklore ([[Shahnameh]])
===Military===
* [[Archer (tank destroyer)]], the British tank destroyer
* [[HMS Archer|HMS ''Archer'']], name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
* [[HMAS Archer|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
===Place names===
;Australia
* [[Archer River]], a river in [[Cape York Peninsula]]
;United States
* [[Archer, Florida]]
* [[Archer, Iowa]]
* [[Archer, Nebraska]]
===Other uses===
* "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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