[ tɒk'sɒfɪlʌɪt ]
■ noun rare a student or lover of archery.
Derivatives
toxophily noun
Origin
C18: from Toxophilus (a name invented by the English scholar and writer Roger Ascham, used as the title of his treatise on archery (1545), from Gk toxon 'bow' + -philos 'loving') + -ite 1 .