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arqueiro.

archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aʁˈke(j).ɾu/Brazil[ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/aɾˈke(j).ɾu/São-Paulo[aɾˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]São-Paulo

  1. archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)

    masculine

  2. archer (person who practices the sport of archery)

    masculine

  3. goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)

    Brazil · literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.

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