longbowman
Americannoun
Gender
See -man.
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Origin of longbowman
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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 Skae, Hilda T.
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