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Definition of Bowman

1. Noun. A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.

Definition of Bowman

1. n. A man who uses a bow; an archer.

2. n. The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.

Definition of Bowman

1. Noun. (archery) An archer. ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bowman

1. an archer [n BOWMEN] - See also: archer

Medical Definition of Bowman

1. A man who uses a bow; an archer. "The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen." (Jer. Iv. 29) Bowman's root. See Indian physic, under Indian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowman

Literary usage of Bowman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"HFM bowman, WALTER (d. 1782), antiquary, was a native of Scotland, ... bowman had withdrawn from both societies several years before his death, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1835)
"commanding them to make up the record of the con- ^fe^rd'o ' viction of James bowman at the general quarter sessions the Pn*:eed">gs n ' correctly made of ..."

3. The Boston Directory (1862)
"bowman Benjamin P. street lanterns, 66 Union, h. at Charlestown Boyden David D. ... 81 Chambers bowman Henry, clothing, 512 Wash, and 8 Salem, house 8 Salem ..."

4. From log-cabin to White house: the story of president Garfield's life by William Makepeace Thayer (1884)
"answered the bowman, promptly. As the bowman approached the lock, a voice came through the darkness from the bowman of another boat,— " Don't turn this lock ..."

5. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1855)
"... 1849, Abigail bowman, the wife of the said Baxter bowman, left the bed and board of the said Baxter bowman, and refused to live or cohabit with him ..."

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