toxophilite
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
toxophilite /tɒkˈsɒfɪlʌɪt/
▶noun rare a student or lover of archery.
– derivatives
toxophily noun.
toxophily noun.
– origin C18: from Toxophilus (a name invented by the English scholar and writer Roger Ascham, used as the title of his treatise on archery (1545), from Gk toxon ‘bow’ + -philos ‘loving’) + -ite1.
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