longbowmen
- plural of longbowman.
Example Sentences
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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
As to the men whom he holds, he will enroll them in his own honorable service, for he has need of longbowmen, and has heard much of their skill.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
