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.
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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.
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"This man Aylward the bowman was my friend, and it is the nature that
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{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.
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Montyr jerked up his shield almost absently to catch an arrow loosed from a bowman atop the wall.
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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
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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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