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bowman en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbəʊmən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• bōʹmən (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈboʊmən/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A man who uses a bow; an archer.
   • The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about the church at Pembridge:
   • The whole londe ſhal fle, foꝛ the noyſe of the hoꝛſmen and bowmen: […] 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] iiij:[29], folio xxv, verso, column 2:

Forms

Coordinates

bowwoman

Deriveds

bowman's root · bowmanship · Bowman

bowman en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaʊmən/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From bow (of boat or ship) + -man.

Meanings

1. The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.

Forms

Translations (7)

it prodiere (the person positioned nearest the bow) · ca proer (the person positioned nearest the bow) · ru ба́ковый гребе́ц (the person positioned nearest the bow) · gv boogheyder (the person positioned nearest the bow) · he אִישׁ חַרְטוֹם (the person positioned nearest the bow) · pt proeiro (the person positioned nearest the bow) · el πρόκωπος (the person positioned nearest the bow)