spearman
spearman noun: one who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.
Noun
spearman (plural spearmen)
- One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.
- The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers.1844, James Selkirk, Recollections of Ceylon, page 65
- He spoke : the brawny spearman let his cheek Bulge with the unswallow'd piece, and turning stared;1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79
Proper noun capitalized: Spearman
Spearman (countable and uncountable, plural Spearmans)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A city, the county seat of Hansford County, Texas, United States.
spearman meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Arabic
spearman in Hindi
- spearman, lancer
- बरछैत barchait
spearman in Urdu
- spearman, lancer
- برچھیت barchait
spearman in Telugu
- soldier with spear
- ఈటెకాడు īṭekāḍu
spearman in Arabic
- soldier with spear
- رَمَّاح rammāḥ
More languagesFewer languages
- spearman in Persian
- نیزهدار neyze-dâr, سرباز نیزهدار sarbâz-e neyze-dâr
Forms of spearman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spearmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Spearmans |
Origin of spearman
From spear + -man.
From spear + man, an occupational surname for a soldier armed with a spear.
Words formed from spearman
- spearmanship
- Spearman correlation
- Spearman's g
- Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
- Spearman's rho
- Spearman test
Questions about spearman
- What does spearman mean?
- Spearman means one who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.
- What is spearman in Hindi?
- Spearman in Hindi is बरछैत (barchait). See Spearman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spearman?
- Spearman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of spearman?
- The plural of spearman is spearmen.
Words near spearman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spearman (page history and authors); Spearman (page history and authors); बरछैत (Hindi) (page history and authors); برچھیت (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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