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javelineer|dʒæv(ə)lɪˈnɪə(r)|
Also 6–7 -ier, -er.
[a. obs. F. javelinier: see javelin and -eer1.]
1. A soldier armed with a javelin.
1600Holland Livy viii. viii, The forefront of the vantgard, were iaveliniers called Hastati. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 208 Before this battalian..there went six thousand slingers, and javeliners. 1828Lewis tr. Boeckh's Pub. Econ. Athens (1842) 267 Grecian and Barbarian javelineers.
2. = javelin-man 1.
1879Browning Ned Bratts 64 Judges the prime of the land, Constables, javelineers. |