English

Adjective

toxophilite ‎(comparative more toxophilite, superlative most toxophilite)

1. Pertaining to archery.

Noun

toxophilite ‎(plural toxophilites)

1. Someone keen on or an expert at archery; a lover or practitioner of archery.
   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 100 (ISBN 1857150570)

     Here the gardens of the place encroached with a somewhat wide sweep upon the paddock, and gave ample room for the doings of the toxophilites. Miss Thorne got together such daughters of Diana as could bend a bow, and marshalled them to the targets.

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