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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear..
The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers.
He spoke : the brawny spearman let his cheek Bulge with the unswallow'd piece, and turning stared;
All around here the spearmen would hide, armed with those terrible shovel-balded spears that will kill a bullock at seventy yards.
Then an old spearman will speak while they are drinking[.]
Use spearman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spearman means One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers.
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