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- noun Plural form of
pikeman .
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Examples
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In Bladestorm, rather than control and fight as one character, entire squads of period fighters such as pikemen or royal knights or musketeers or archers could be captained into huge skirmishes, a bit like Total War on speed.
Eurogamer 2008
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There is no extant attestation for the third member of Awa's coven, Monique, a female brothel-keeper who wants to be a gunner and gets her chance at the 1522 Battle of La Bicocca, where the Swiss pikemen marched to their first decisive defeat, by powder and shot.
The Enterprise of Death Tom Shippey 2011
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The defenders launched a flight of arrows while a line of pikemen prepared for an onslaught of armored men.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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On Daemus's command the Hawk set off toward the nearest embattled contingent, led by a bristling vanguard of pikemen.
Dust and Blood Ricardo Federico 2011
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Formations of pikemen repeatedly charged each other; the battle ended when a third army appeared and scattered the others with cannon fire and musketry.
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Using a combination of rolling 3D terrain and sprite-based units, it allowed for the realistic depiction of a combined-force army consisting of thousands of cavalry, archers, pikemen and swordsmen, allowing them to be moved and positioned flexibly.
Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Whitehead 2010
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Using a combination of rolling 3D terrain and sprite-based units, it allowed for the realistic depiction of a combined-force army consisting of thousands of cavalry, archers, pikemen and swordsmen, allowing them to be moved and positioned flexibly.
The Total War Series Adam Whitehead 2010
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A motley crew of wastrels, pikemen, surgeons, bowmen, duellists, and others, all who had been arrested for some supposed crime or other.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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This action brings in one hundred knights in armour and seven hundred fighting men, bowmen, spearmen, pikemen, etc., and eight pieces of old artillery throwing round stone balls.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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We ship out educated people like medieval Switzerland exported pikemen, or Nepal Gurkhas.
Robin of Berkeley says a funny thing happened to her on the way to the revolution 2010
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