"spearman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spearman.wav Forms: spearmen [plural]
Etymology: From spear + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spear|man}} spear + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|spearmen}} spearman (plural spearmen)
  1. A soldier who fights with a spear. Translations (soldier with spear): αἰχμητής (aikhmētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), رَمَّاح (rammāḥ) (Arabic), копиеносец (kopienosec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), llancer [masculine] (Catalan), lancier [masculine] (French), piquier [masculine] (French), λογχοφόρος (lonchofóros) [masculine] (Greek), dárdás (Hungarian), җидч (jidç) (Kalmyk), نیزهدار (neyze-dâr) (Persian), سرباز نیزهدار (sarbâz-e neyze-dâr) (Persian), sulițar [masculine] (Romanian), spjutkastare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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