bowman

2 definitions • 4 examples

in the sports of rowing and sailing, the person closest to the front of the boat:

When there is no cox on a boat, it is the bowman's job to make the calls.

The Australian yacht now has its first-choice bowman back in the crew.

a person who shoots arrows from a bow (= a long, thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string) as a weapon:

He was a skilled bowman and could hit a bird in flight.

History records that the French bowmen had a major influence on the outcome of the battle.