Spearsman

Quick meaning: Spearsman is a noun meaning Alternative form of spearman.

Meaning

Alternative form of spearman.

Example Sentences

Agamemnon, a goodly king and a mighty spearsman, is the Greek warrior whose name thou dost ask.

It was his claim that no Sudanese spearsman or waddling assegai-thrower could harm him so long as he was mounted and armed, and he boasted that no horse on earth could unseat him.

As when the Trojan hero came from that fair city's gates, With tossing mane and flaming crest to scorn the scowling fates, His legions gather round him and madly charge and cheer, And fill besieging armies with wild disheveled fear; Then bares his breast unto the dart the daring spearsman sends, And dying hears his cheering foes, the wailing of his friends, So Albert Sidney Johnston, the chief of belt and scar, Lay down to die at Shiloh and turned the scales of war.

Word Forms

• spearsmen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include halberdsman, spear-head, spademan, sparthe, axman, guisarme.

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