= arbalester, n.

A soldier armed with an arbalest, a cross-bowman.

An arbalestrier, a crossbow-man.

A crossbowman; = arbalester, n.

An arbalester, a crossbow-man.

= arbalester, n. (Cf. medieval Latin arbalista = ballistarius, Du Cange; the ending -ista commonly indicating a personal agent.)

An archer with a crossbow; a soldier armed with a crossbow.

transferred (plural). Men armed with crossbows; crossbowmen, as a force.

= arbalester, n.

a crossbowman.

= crossbowman, n.