noun
Meaning 1
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arbalest
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crossbowman
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Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
From crossbow + man.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: baleztari — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Catalan: ballester — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Chinese Mandarin: 弩兵 (nǔbīng) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Chinese Mandarin: 弩手 (nǔshǒu) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Esperanto: arbalestisto — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Finnish: jalkajousimies — someone equipped with a crossbow
- French: arbalétrier — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Galician: besteiro — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Galician: bestilleiro — someone equipped with a crossbow
- German: Armbrustschütze — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Irish: crosbhoghdóir — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Italian: balestriere — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Kazakh: арбалетші (arbaletşı) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Macedonian: самостре́лец (samostrélec) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Old Galician-Portuguese: baesteiro — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Polish: kusznik — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Portuguese: besteiro — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Romanian: arbaletrier — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Russian: арбале́тчик (arbalétčik) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Russian: самострельщик (samostrelʹščik) — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Serbo-Croatian: samostrelac — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Serbo-Croatian: strelometač — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Serbo-Croatian: kušač — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Sicilian: balistreri — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Spanish: ballestero — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Swedish: armborstskytt — someone equipped with a crossbow
- Ottoman Turkish: زنبركجی (zenberekci) — someone equipped with a crossbow