"bowman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbəʊmən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈboʊmən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bowman (ou).wav [Southern-England] Forms: bowmen [plural]
enPR: bōʹmən [US] Rhymes: -əʊmən Etymology: From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boweman}} Middle English boweman, {{m|enm|bouman}} bouman, {{m|enm|boughman}} boughman, {{suf|en|bow|man}} bow + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|bowmen}} bowman (plural bowmen)
  1. (archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer. Categories (topical): Archery, Athletes, People Derived forms: bowmanship, bowman's root, bowwoman, Bowman
    Sense id: en-bowman-en-noun-J8UoUHid Disambiguation of Athletes: 56 44 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -man Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bowsman
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaʊmən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bowman (au).wav [Southern-England] Forms: bowmen [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊmən Etymology: From bow (of boat or ship) + -man. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bow|bow (of boat or ship)}} bow (of boat or ship), {{m|en|-man}} -man Head templates: {{en-noun|bowmen}} bowman (plural bowmen)
  1. (nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (the person positioned nearest the bow): proer [masculine] (Catalan), πρόκωπος (prókopos) [masculine] (Greek), אִישׁ חַרְטוֹם (ísh khartóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), prodiere [masculine] (Italian), boogheyder [masculine] (Manx), proeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), ба́ковый гребе́ц (bákovyj grebéc) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bowman-en-noun-Bpi98v6t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 80 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bowsman
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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