bowman
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈboʊmən/
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arqueros
- I can only do a slipknot, double knot and the bowman.
- the bowman's arrow
They were vastly outnumbered by the French in this like forest or near a forest, but their Bowman were superior and that the The Archers sort of won the day.
- They were vastly outnumbered by the French in this like forest or near a forest, but their Bowman were superior and that the The Archers sort of won the day.
Examples
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These were the Nubian Archers, long Bowman of Africa.
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Legend has it that, as a young man, he was an excellent bowman but knew little or nothing about daily prayers.
Blog text (14) -
I have a bowman.
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Wenting and Greling got seats side by side, and the bowman pushed off.
Fiction book (1999) -
I personally wouldn't trade a bowman for anything less than two trebuchets and a regiment of pikemen.
Blog text (11) -
Or, in the low country, moving like a bowman's arrow, quick and silent through long grass, spear in your hand and gazelles on your mind.
Fiction book (1993) -
She fakes being tripped and stumbles into the bowman.
Fiction book (1991) -
They were vastly outnumbered by the French in this like forest or near a forest, but their Bowman were superior and that the The Archers sort of won the day.
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From the audience, a ripple, half cooing, half regret, says that Gillian, in a temps d'ange, has taken a bowman's arrow and now is slowly folding back into mortality.
Fiction book (1990) -
The expert bowman hit the target dead center with his first shot.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person who shoots a bow and arrow
A woman who shoots arrows well with a bow
A soldier in the Middle Ages who shot arrows with a longbow in battle
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bowman is made from the common words bow and man, and simply means 'a man who uses a bow'. In old battles it named soldiers who shot arrows, so today a bowman is a person skilled with a bow and arrow.