noun
Meaning 1
A soldier armed with a pike.
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Standard Lemma guide
pikeman
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/ˈpaɪk.mən/
noun
Meaning 2
A person who operates a turnpike.
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noun
Meaning 3
A miner who works with a pick.
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History
Etymology
From pike + -man. Compare the Middle English surname Pykeman.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: копиеносец (kopienosec) — soldier
- Catalan: piquer — soldier
- Chinese Mandarin: 槍手 /枪手 (qiāngshǒu) — soldier
- Czech: pikenýr — soldier
- Dutch: piekdrager — soldier
- Finnish: peitsimies — soldier
- French: piquier — soldier
- German: Pikenier — soldier
- Italian: picchiere — soldier
- Macedonian: ко́пјаник (kópjanik) — soldier
- Macedonian: копје́носец (kopjénosec) — soldier
- Portuguese: piqueiro — soldier
- Spanish: piquero — soldier
- Swedish: pikenerare — soldier
- Turkish: mızraklı — soldier
- Turkish: mızrakçı — soldier