Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crossbow-woman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: cross-bow--wom-an
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of crossbowwoman.

Example Sentences

"“O!” he says, “you must be grand crossbow-women, both of you, to kill so many bucks and rabbits as you say.[…]”"
"loria and Richard Faversham knelt in a protective cordon of billmen, a thrashing yelling body between them – the crossbow-woman, Ludmilla Rostovnaya – rolling bloody on the cobbles; Fiona’s surgeon's box open, bandages welling red with blood."
"Gruntle jogged towards the troop of Grey Swords. Seeing no obvious officer, he elected the crossbow-woman nearest him. ‘What’s the situation here, soldier?’"
"A lot of the crossbowmen were actually crossbow-women."
"You ever see a Spider-kinden crossbow-woman?"

Inflected Forms

crossbow-women (plural)

Questions

What does crossbow-woman mean?: Alternative form of crossbowwoman.

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