Definition of "bowmen" [bowmen]

• Plural form of bowman. (noun)

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• "* [Footnote: You will see that to make the meter right it is necessary to accent the word bowmen on the last syllable."
• "The bowmen were the chief reliance of the English leaders in those bloody battles which attended our unjust contests for the succession to the crown of France."
• "The opportunity seemed much too good to be let slip, so calling his bowmen and musketeers up on to the poop, he directed them to discharge a volley into the surging mass of men, which they did instantly, with terribly destructive effect."