archie

Proper noun capitalized: Archie

Archie

1. A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
2. (rare) A female given name.
3. A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
4. A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
5. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.

Noun (1) capitalized: Archie

Archie (countable and uncountable, plural Archies)

1. (World-War-I, slang, uncountable) Anti-aircraft artillery.
   • But then, dodging airbursts of Archie on the Western Front hadn't exactly been a joyride either.2012, Pat Kelleher, The Alleyman, →ISBN
   • He was seen by an aeroplane, our Archie gunner and a whole division to crash in their lines just opposite our trenches, much jubilation and more congratulations.2013, Tyrrel M. Hawker, Hawker VC- The First RFC Ace: The Life of Major Lanoe Hawker VC DSO: 1890-1916., →ISBN
2. (World-War-I, countable, slang) A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.
   • An inquisitive aeroplane, which had been hovering over the scene, was picked off as by an Archie and made a forced landing, man and machine buried in filth.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
   • Quickly our five machines dodged the Archies as we crossed.2016, Lieut.-Col. Harold Evans Hartney, Up And At ‘Em, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Archie

UK/ˈɑːki/US/ˈɑɹki/

Archie (plural Archies)

1. (informal) An Acorn Archimedes computer.
   • FOR ARCHIE USERS. At last, a powerful database with details of every track (over 700 to date) on Classic CD discs from issue 1 to the present day is available for uses of Acorn (Archimedes) computers.1995, Classic CD, numbers 57-62
   • And what about getting the data from the Archie to the PC?2005, Jonathan, “BBC Micro B and Acorn Archimedes A400 (?) to PC file transfer”, in comp.sys.acorn.networking (Usenet)