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toxophilite
toxophilite (tɒkˈsɒfɪlaɪt) [app. f. Toxophil-us (imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book (1545), intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’ (f. Gr. τόξον bow + ϕίλος lover), for which the regular Gr. formation would have been *ϕιλότοξος: see -phil, philo-) + -ite1: quasi ‘a fo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Toxophilus
The noun "toxophilite", meaning "a lover or devotee of archery, an archer", is derived from it. wikipedia.org
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toxo-
▪ I. toxo-1 (tɒksəʊ) before a vowel tox-, combining form repr. Gr. τόξον bow, in toxocampid, toxodon, toxology, toxophilite, etc., q.v.▪ II. toxo-2 used as combining form of toxin (cf. toxi-) or instead of toxico-, in recent scientific terms, chiefly of pathology or physiological chemistry. toxo-inˈ... Oxford English Dictionary
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1781 in sports
Archery Events Foundation of the Toxophilite Society at Leicester Square, London; it later gained royal patronage and became the Royal Toxophilite Society wikipedia.org
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Richard Bagnall-Oakeley
He was a member of the Royal Toxophilite Society. He died on 5 July 1947 at a nursing home in Gloucestershire. wikipedia.org
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Musket (horse)
Breeding He was sired by Toxophilite, his dam was a bay mare (1857) who was a half-sister to General Peel’s dam, by West Australian (winner of the 1853 wikipedia.org
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Beadsman (horse)
Beadsman was settled just behind the leaders and turned into the straight in fourth place behind Fitz-Roland, Toxophilite and Eclipse. Beadsman took the lead inside the final furlong and won comfortably by a length from Toxophilite with The Hadji staying on strongly for third. wikipedia.org
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Worshipful Company of Bowyers
The bowyers are also involved in the sport of archery and give awards and medals each year at the Royal Toxophilite Society and school competitions. wikipedia.org
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Moulsey Hurst
Hurst, John Tufton was dismissed leg before wicket by John Wells, the first time the mode of dismissal is recorded. 1798 – a Mr Troward, a member of the Toxophilite wikipedia.org
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Greenacre (Farmington, Maine)
Titcomb was also a skilled archer, who was the first American member of the Royal Toxophilite Society and was its president at his death in 1953. wikipedia.org
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Woodmen of Arden
a number of years before founding the society, and it is claimed he had connections with the Royal British Bowmen, Royal Kentish Bowmen and the Royal Toxophilite wikipedia.org
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Archery
A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. Sir Ashton Lever, an antiquarian and collector, formed the Toxophilite Society in London in 1781, with the patronage of George, the Prince of Wales. wikipedia.org
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George Rogers Harding
He was a member of the Royal Toxophilite Society, which had grounds in Regent Park in London (tennis courts occupy the site today). wikipedia.org
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St James's Church, Clerkenwell
are the following: A wall tablet to William Wood, a noted archer who died in 1691 and whose memorial at the end of the south aisle was restored by the Toxophilite wikipedia.org
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