dictionary definitions for "bowman"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bowman
      n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn:
           archer, bowman]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bowman \Bow"man\, n.; pl. Bowmen.
     A man who uses a bow; an archer.
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           The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen
           and bowmen.                              --Jer. iv. 29.
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     Bowman's root. (Bot.) See Indian physic, under Indian.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bowman \Bow"man\, n. (Naut.)
     The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
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