An archaic or dialectal term for a person who works with bows and arrows, or alternatively, a type of herbalist or plant expert.
Likely derived from Old English or Middle English roots related to 'arbor' (tree) or 'arc' (bow). The word may conflate two different occupational or expertise-based meanings depending on regional usage.
Medieval records show 'arber' might have meant someone who gathered medicinal plants from trees—combining the skills of an archer's precision with a healer's botanical knowledge.
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