javelineer en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle French javelinier. By surface analysis, javelin + -eer.
Meanings
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A soldier who throws a javelin.
As it now is, the enemy outshoot and outsling us so far that the Cretan archers and our javelineers cannot reach them.
1851, Henry William Herbert, The Captains of the Old World, page 34:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| javelinier | alternative | lexicographic | |
| javelineers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
grc ἀκοντιστής (soldier who throws a javelin) · pl oszczepnik (soldier who throws a javelin) · pt lanceiro (soldier who throws a javelin)