Meaning

Alternative form of crossbowman..

Example Sentences

Nuno had two thousand lances and crossbows on horseback, and five hundred infantry and foot crossbowsmen, and on the northern frontier the king had twice as many.

The palace, fenced with portcullises and spikes of iron, was guarded by archers and crossbowsmen, who shot at any that approached by night.

Then we were invited inside, and found ourselves at a competitive shoot in the guild house of St. Joris, patron saint of kruisboogschutters, i. e., crossbowsmen.

When shooting, the crossbowsman holds the stock like a rifle.

The counters represent appropriate kinds of arms for the time and change during the game to reflect the development of new arms (crossbowsmen are replaced by arquebusiers, for example).

There were fraternities of archers, crossbowsmen, and, somewhat later, cannoneers and joueurs de trait à poudre (firearmsmen), all of which had statutes and held annual contests of skill at which the winner was given the title of roi or empereur.

Camron’s crossbowsmen would shoot him the instant he left Marcel’s house, and even if by some miracle they missed, the whole city would be after him by dark.

Averland Crossbowsman

Word Forms

• crossbowsmen

When Should You Use Crossbowsman?

Use crossbowsman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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