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spearman1|ˈspɪəmən|
[f. spear n.1 Cf. spearsman.]
1. A soldier or warrior armed with a spear; one who carries a spear as a weapon.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7753 Of kniȝtes & squiers, Speremen auote & bowemen, & al so arblasters. 1375Barbour Bruce xv. 220 To the ficht Maknakill then Come with twa hundreth of gude sper-men. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 16671 The speremen ride, the bowemen schote. c1500Melusine 219 Thenne mounted spere men on horsback, and bygane euery man to marche forth in fayre aray. 1591Savile Tacitus, Hist. ii. xxxiii. 73 A valiant companie..of spearemen and horse departed away. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 451 Against whom was sent Lewis of Nassau, with 400 Spear-men. 1790Cowper Odyss. iii. 504 Beside him, he bade sleep the spearman bold. 1807Wordsw. White Doe vi. 123 A Spearman brought him to the ground. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire xi. 128 The Egyptian army consist[s]..of bowmen, spearmen,..and other corps.
b. A royal or civic officer bearing a spear.
c1640R. Sempill Piper of Kilbarchan 29 At fairs he play'd before the Spear-men, All gaily graithed in their gear-men. 1674Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4), Pensioners,..are the more noble sort of Guard to the King's Person... In Hen. 8. time they were called Spearmen.
2. A spearer of fish.
1815Scott Guy M. xxvi, ‘The deil's in Gabriel!’ said the spearman, as the fragments of glowing wood floated..down the stream.
3. U.S. As an insect-name (see quot.).
1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 80 Numbers of the Lebia grandis..were taken feeding on the larvæ of the ten-lined spearman (Doryphora 10-lineata). |