pikeman
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pikeman
Example Sentences
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Did you mean pikeman, a soldier armed with a pike?
From Time • Jul. 19, 2016
But not every year could one find a camp where the friar was as common as the archer or the pikeman, and the prelate as the plumed chieftain.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
Entering a narrow passage-way, they traversed it until they came to a closed door, at each lintel of which stood a pikeman, fronted with a shining breastplate of metal.
From The Strong Arm by Barr, Robert
On a certain occasion I was passing through Abonutichus, with a spearman and a pikeman whom my friend the governor of Cappadocia had lent me as an escort on my way to the sea.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
"There is a good deal to do in their way," said the first pikeman.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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