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BOWMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
Synonyms:
archer; bowman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bowman" is a kind of...):
expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowman"):
longbowman (a medieval English archer who used a longbow)
Instance hyponyms:
Tell; William Tell (a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap))
Context examples:
“I trust that I am a better bowman than a minstrel,” said he.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Not I, most worthy sir,” cried the carrier, shrinking away from the fierce eyes of the bowman.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Nay, there you are wide of the clout,” the bowman said gravely.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bowman looked at him with great respect.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Is that where the shoe galls?” cried the bowman, and laughed aloud.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By my hilt! then, I have found a man at last!” shouted the bowman.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But to get the full smack of it ye must yourselves be English bowmen, and be far off upon an outland soil.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Ma foi!” cried the bowman, passing his fingers through his curls, “you were not far from the feather-bed then, mon gar. A little more and this good hostel would have a new window.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Good!” cried the north countryman. “Hearken to him lads! He is a master bowman. Your dad says amen to every word he says.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They strode on either side, each with an ear slanting towards him, but ere he had come to the end of his story the bowman had spun round upon his heel, and was hastening back the way they had come, breathing loudly through his nose.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
