Definition of Bowier

Definition of Bowier

Bow"yer (&?;), n. [From Bow, like lawyer from law.]

1. An archer; one who uses bow.

2. One who makes or sells bows.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

BOWYER. One that draws a long bow, a dealer in the marvellous,
a teller of improbable stories, a liar: perhaps from
the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

A person who makes or sells bows.
Quotations
*1786: A clause of a former act directing the bowyers of London and Westminster to make four bows of different wood for one of yew, was repealed on their representation that the citizens of London would use none but yew bows, and in it's place they were ordered always to have by them at least fifty bows of elm, witch-hasel, or ash. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 38.
A person who uses the bow, an archer.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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