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javelineer

javelineer noun: a soldier who throws a javelin.

Noun

javelineer (plural javelineers)

  1. 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 of javelineer

pluraljavelineers
alternative formjavelinier

Origin of javelineer

From Middle French javelinier. By surface analysis, javelin + -eer.

Words that rhyme with javelineer

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about javelineer

What does javelineer mean?
Javelineer means a soldier who throws a javelin.
What part of speech is javelineer?
Javelineer is a noun.
What is the plural of javelineer?
The plural of javelineer is javelineers.

Words near javelineer in the dictionary

  1. javelin throwers
  2. javelin throws
  3. javelina
  4. javelinas
  5. javelined
  6. javelineer
  7. javelineers
  8. javelinfish
  9. javelinfishes
  10. javelinier
  11. javeliniers

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