Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who uses a bow; an archer. See cut in preceding column.
- noun The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow-oar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
- noun A man who uses a bow; an archer.
- noun (Bot.) See Indian physic, under
Indian .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The person, in a
team or amongoarsmen , positioned nearest thebow - noun archery An
archer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the bowman was a muscular seaman of fifty, and he won the victory over the billows, and hauled the man into the cutter.
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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– that not a prince, not a charioteer, not a bowman was there to join his hand with mine?
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"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.
Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906
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"This man Aylward the bowman was my friend, and it is the nature that
Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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{35} the 'bowman' jumps out before the canoe touches bottom and draws her safely ashore.
All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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A noblewoman might lack the strength, but a farm girl would probably be stronger than your average bowman.
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Montyr jerked up his shield almost absently to catch an arrow loosed from a bowman atop the wall.
The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Seven xcpublishing 2009
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Pretty soon the adults are going to take over the playground again and it is back to the corner for you. patrick bowman
GOP senator warns of 'minor revolution' over health care 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Jim in Mo wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago bowman, snowninja, where you guys at?
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Yes | No | Report from Jim in Mo wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago bowman, snowninja, where you guys at?
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