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bowyer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbəʊ.jər/ us /ˈbɔɪ.ɚ/
a person who makes bows(= devices for shooting arrows, made of a long, thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string):
A bowyer was once quite a common profession but few exist now.
She buys her bows from a bowyer who custom-builds them for her.
He has a large collection, with some fine examples of the bowyer's art.
A bowyer's tools include all the usual woodworking tools, plus some specialist ones.
The bowyer produced a particularly impressive longbow.
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