bowman

Meaning

Noun

  • A man who uses a bow; an archer.
  • The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.

Origin

  • From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man.
  • bow + -man

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