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Eventually, the three enlist in the White Company, a cadre of bowmen and men-at-arms now led by the gallant Sir Nigel Loring.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2020

In a stark contrast to Roman tactics, Persia relied on cavalry instead of infantry, including both heavy, armored lancers and highly mobile mounted bowmen.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Expert bowmen, Motilones shoot fish in the clear streams, using special arrows with a shaft that shakes out of the head after the fish is hit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both these Russian bowmen have be come dedicated Californians; Los Angeles, they feel, will become the future cultural center of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien