spearmen
- plural of spearman.
Example Sentences
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In Homer’s “Iliad,” for instance, the Abantes, a faction of spearmen, are described as having “hair long at the back.”
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
A key military development unique to Greece was the phalanx: a unit of spearmen standing in a dense formation, with each using his shield to protect the man to his left.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
He’s waiting for a certain young lady and her dragons before he commits his Dornish spearmen to battle.
From Forbes ● Jun. 8, 2015
PADDLE-FOOTING through blue-green waters off the Bahamas, these submarine spearmen are demonstrating one of the fastest growing of modern sports.
From Time Magazine Archive
A crescent of enemy spearmen had formed ahead, a double hedgehog bristling with steel, waiting behind tall oaken shields marked with the sunburst of Karstark.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
