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spearsman

spearsman is the alternative form 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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Forms of spearsman

pluralspearsmen

Origin of spearsman

From spear + -s- + -man.

Questions about spearsman

What is spearsman the alternative form of?
Spearsman is the alternative form of spearman.

Words near spearsman in the dictionary

  1. spearproof
  2. spears
  3. Spearses
  4. spearshaft
  5. spearshafts
  6. spearsman
  7. spearsmen
  8. spearsmith
  9. spearthrower
  10. spearthrowers
  11. speartip

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