Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An archer.
- n. A person who oars, rows, or paddles at the bow of a boat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man who uses a bow; an archer. See cut in preceding column.
- n. The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow-oar.
Wiktionary
- n. archery An archer.
- n. nautical The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A man who uses a bow; an archer.
- n. (Naut.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
Etymologies
- bow (of boat or ship) + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But the bowman was a muscular seaman of fifty, and he won the victory over the billows, and hauled the man into the cutter.”
“– that not a prince, not a charioteer, not a bowman was there to join his hand with mine?”
“This man Aylward the bowman was my friend, and it is the nature that God has given me to love my friends even as I hate my foes.”
“This man Aylward the bowman was my friend, and it is the nature that”
“{35} the 'bowman' jumps out before the canoe touches bottom and draws her safely ashore.”
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“A noblewoman might lack the strength, but a farm girl would probably be stronger than your average bowman.”
“Montyr jerked up his shield almost absently to catch an arrow loosed from a bowman atop the wall.”
“Pretty soon the adults are going to take over the playground again and it is back to the corner for you. patrick bowman”
“It was funny too, with hilarious cameos by Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek, but the director really made it his own. jason b ya that jose chung episode was guided by the teleplay far more than bowman.”
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