bowman

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbəʊmən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈboʊmən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bō′mən; Naut. bou′mən)

Inflections of 'bowman' (n): npl: bowmen

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
bow•man1 /ˈboʊmən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -men. 
  1. Sportsomeone who shoots arrows with a bow;
    an archer.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bow•man1  (bō′mən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men. 
  1. Sportan archer.
  • 1250–1300; Middle English; see bow2, -man

bow•man2  (bou′mən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men. 
  1. Sportbow3 (def. 4).
  • bow3 + -man 1820–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bowman / ˈbəʊmən/ ( -men)
  1. an archer
'bowman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bowman's capsule - Indian physic - Malpighian corpuscle - archer - bow - bowman's root - false ipecac - glomerulus - kuvasz

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