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"Yu Shuai 雨帅" (Chinese, "Rain Marshall") – Zhang Zuolin, warlord of Manchuria from 1916–28, during the Warlord Era in China, because of his courtesy name Yu Ting 雨亭 "Yue Wangye 岳王爷" (Chinese, roughly "Royal Highness Yue") – Yue Fei , military general who served the Southern Song dynasty , for his posthumous rank which became ...
The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer. By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman . In North America , the surname Archer has absorbed many like-sounding names and cognates (for example, the French Archier ).
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
This is a list of many important or pivotal fictional figures in the history of the Warhammer Fantasy universe.. These characters have appeared in the games set in the Warhammer world, the text accompanying various games and games material, novels by Games Workshop and later Black Library and other publications based on the Warhammer setting by other publishers.
The Norse name is derived from the Old Norse elements ýr (yew, bow) and herr (warrior, army): hence, 'archer, bow warrior'. [2] It is possible the old Norse name Ívarr comes from the Celtic root and may be related to the Celtic root of -iv which is found in St. Ives for example, itself possibly referring to yew.
Yabusame archer on horseback Yabusame archer takes aim on the second target. Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively at three wooden targets. This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period.