Meaning

A female archer..

Definitions by Sense

1. A female archer.
2. (rare) A female sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.

Example Sentences

To-morrow we’ll try for deer in the backwoods, you are no bad bowswoman yourself, […]

The Des Moines archery club returned from Chicago a few weeks ago laden with trophies won in a contest with the Chicago bowsmen and bowswomen.

The annual meet of the National Archery Association will take place at the Soldiers’ Home next week, commencing on the 27th. It will be a merrie^([sic]) meet, and all the skilled bowsmen and bowswomen in the districts are expected to compete for the admirable prizes.

Leading bowswomen of the Barnard College archery team are, left to right: Jean Morris, Sarah McManus and Ruth Harris.

But the bowsmen (and bowswomen, too) took off their shoes and socks and began pouring arrows into the 48-inch archery targets as the field rapidly dried.

But, unlike the Robin Hood fable, where only maid Marian was a bowswoman, the watchword of the Blackhawk Bowhunters is “togetherness.”

Last January, one of Carol’s first assignments for the Women’s Section was to interview Celia Onderdonk, a Long Beach bowswoman who had received a national award in archery competition.

THIS COULD BE TAKEN for Robin Hood’s Merry Men’s Sweethearts, if one had ventured oct^([sic]) to Mrs. Huneke’s second period class at Lemoore High School. Here her expert bowsmen — or should we say bowswomen? — take aim at their target.

Word Forms

• bowswomen
• bowwoman

When Should You Use Bowswoman?

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