archeress
nounUK /ˈɑːtʃəɹɪs/
Etymology From archer + -ess.
1
A female archer.
- […] looking very much as they must have looked when Queen Elizabeth deigned to show her skill as an archeress, to the detriment of the dappled deer in the wide park beyond.1878, John Berwick Harwood, Helena, lady Harrogate, page 11:
- Catharine was a tolerable archeress with the long-bow, and the hut was now seldom without game of one kind or other.1882, Catherine Parr Traill, Lost in the Backwoods:
- Synonyms
- markswoman, shootress