pikeman
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pikemen
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noun
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Did you mean pikeman, a soldier armed with a pike?
From Time ● Jul. 19, 2016
WYNN, pikeman of the dashing 22nd King's Ryol ridgemet of lanciers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 by Various
“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
In Assyrian times, the military unit was the bowman and his accompanying pikeman and shield-bearer.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
After this he laid the spear across his shoulder like a pikeman, since it was no use to trail it upon the earth, and in this fashion he started on.
From Folk-lore and Legends: German by Anonymous
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
He saw that Ser Kevan had brought up his center in support of the van; his huge mass of pikemen had pushed the northerners back against the hills.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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