pikeman
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pikemen
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Did you mean pikeman, a soldier armed with a pike?
From Time ● Jul. 19, 2016
“Use your pike thus, noddy,” he lessoned, good-naturedly, wielding the weapon with the skill of a practised pikeman.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
The printer murmured 'Eat,' and set a great pewter salt-cellar, carved like a Flemish pikeman, a foot high, heavily upon the cloth.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford
I asked what he meant, telling him that the pikeman owed me at least a shilling.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
"I could scarcely go as a private pikeman like yourself."
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
Salinger's family and friends respect his hermitage and protect him like Swiss pikemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A panoply of pikemen stood stiff at attention in the Mansion House, seat of London's square-mile ancient center, as 360 dignitaries gathered for the opening of the first City of London festival.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the foreground, weary pikemen trudge downhill with their discouraged hounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
On horseback, the warlord had to stand out from the anonymous mass of his footsloggers, archers and pikemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crossing was guarded by a mixed force of archers and pikemen wearing the eagle badge of the Mallisters.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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