单词	pikeman
释义	pikeman /ˈpʌɪkmən / noun (plural pikemen) historical 1The keeper of a turnpike.However, at most gates they would employ a pikeman to collect the tolls and would allow for this cost in their bid for the lease.... The work of the pikemen they employed is described in evidence to a Select Committee in 1836. 2A soldier armed with a pike.He organised his troops, placing the shields before the pikemen and the spearmen.... The firepower of an infantry company was increased by a third as the pikemen were phased out and issued with muskets and bayonets. He was an unlimited supreme commander, but he also risked loss of blood along with his most humble pikeman.
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