Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longbowsman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-bows-man
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of longbowman.

Example Sentences

"This was put to rout in great part through the deadly toll that the English longbowsmen took, and partly through the inexperience of the Flemish artisans who, not trusted overmuch by the Bastard, had been placed in the front of his lines."
"I would like you to be my special troop of longbowsmen."
"They fire arrowheads that can cut through steel, and for every arrow loosed by a crossbowsman, a longbowsman can loose two."
"Temporalil has the largest army of longbowsmen in the world."

Etymology

From longbow + -s- + -man.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: longbow
Suffix: -s-

Inflected Forms

longbowsmen (plural)

Questions

What does longbowsman mean?: Alternative form of longbowman.
Where does longbowsman come from?: From longbow + -s- + -man.

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