Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One armed with the arbalist; a crossbowman; especially, a soldier carrying the arbalist of war. Also
arcubalister .
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- noun obsolete A
crossbowman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Have your arbalister posed, and may God strengthen his arm and render true his aim to the end that Italy may be rid of a tyrant.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Pg 354: arbalaster is probably a variation of arbalester or arbalister: a cross-bowman.
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan William Lisle Bowles 1806
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It held proof that bribed by the Tyrant of Citta di Castello you had undertaken to pose an arbalister to slay the Duke on the occasion of his coming visit to Cesena. "
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
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