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spearmen

spearmen is the plural of spearman.

Meaning of spearman

Noun

spearman (plural spearmen)

  1. 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

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Questions about spearmen

What is spearmen the plural of?
Spearmen is the plural of spearman.

Words near spearmen in the dictionary

  1. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients
  2. Spearman's rho
  3. Spearman's rhos
  4. Spearmans
  5. spearmanship
  6. spearmen
  7. spearmint
  8. spearmints
  9. spearminty
  10. spearo
  11. spearos

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