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单词 slingsman
释义

slingsmann.

Forms: Also slingman.
Etymology: < sling n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsling(s)man.
A slinger.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > slinger
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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 631 Two thowsand archers and slingmen.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 28 A band of Sling-men he anon dooth force.
1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. 241 One of the slingsmen had the insolence to fling a stone where she was.
1895 H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. ix. 133 The ordinary spearmen, slingsmen,..bowmen, or mounted troopers.
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