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Definition of Toxophilite
1. n. A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
Definition of Toxophilite
1. Adjective. Pertaining to archery ¹
2. Noun. Someone keen on or an expert at archery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toxophilite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxophilite
Literary usage of Toxophilite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1892)
"... Villa— The Grounds of the toxophilite Society— The Royal Botanical Society—
The Zoological Gardens. " AMONG the magnificent ornaments of our metropolis ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"... member of the toxophilite society, 825,1 с ; his bow, 830, 2 a. Palermo
observatory [pa-lair'-mo], XII. 846, 2 a; XV. ..."
3. Archery: Its Theory and Practice by Horace Alfred Ford (1859)
"The Anglo-Norman Period—Rubin Hood—Military Achievements of the Bow in the Middle
Ages—Its Decline and Fall—Revival for Amusement—First toxophilite ..."
4. Anecdotes of Archery: From Earliest Ages to the Year 1791 by Ely Hargrove, Alfred E. Hargrove (1845)
"^•"LTHOUGH this society is usually termed the Royal ™^ toxophilite Society, that
appellation was lost on the death of his late Majesty William IV., ..."
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