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longbowman

American  
[lawng-boh-muhn, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌboʊ mən, ˈlɒŋ- /

noun

  • longbowmen
    plural
  1. an archer who uses a longbow.


Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of longbowman

First recorded in 1670–80; longbow + -man


Example Sentences

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But in other works, Haydn displays the range of a longbowman.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

Surely someone will soon make the case that Operation Epic Fury is the greatest triumph of arms since Henry V’s longbowmen routed the superior French numbers at Agincourt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

The English army, including longbowmen, was outnumbered by a French army three times its size.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

The unarmored English longbowmen of Crecy and Agincourt beat the armored French knights who were "their liege lord's men."

From Time Magazine Archive

Home tried to rally his followers against the English longbowmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Genoese required time to wind up their cross-bows before they could re-load; and in the meantime the English longbowmen shot so continuously that the ranks of the Genoese broke in terror and fled.

From Stories from English History by Hilda T. Skae

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