bowman
nounUK, US /ˈbaʊmən/
Etymology From bow (of boat or ship) + -man.
bowman
nounUK /ˈbəʊmən/ · US /ˈboʊmən/
Etymology From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man.
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Archery, Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War A man who uses a bow; an archer.
- The whole londe ſhal fle, foꝛ the noyſe of the hoꝛſmen and bowmen: […]1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] iiij:[29], folio xxv, verso, column 2:
- The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about the church at Pembridge:
- Derived terms
- Bowman, bowmanship, bowman's root