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bowman

noun

Definition of bowman

as in oarsman

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Recent Examples of bowman At 34 yards, the bowman sent a Rage 2-blade, 100-grain broadhead arrow through the deer’s chest. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025 The aid included a task force leader, three boat operators, three boat bowmen and three boat support personnel. — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 July 2025 In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore. — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019

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Noun

Nonetheless, killing such huge creatures was exceptionally risky—and not just for the oarsmen and harpooners in the boats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of oarsman

Noun

On a Boston escalator, a few people pull imaginary oars, and the commuters around them reach for an oar of their own.

— Julia Dhar, Time, 11 July 2026
The virtual oar-yanking celebration in a baseball atmosphere was one of those weird juxtapositions that seem to get fostered whenever a World Cup fanbase descends upon a host city.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of oar

Noun

The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Reid along with crewman Aaron Fordy, went out in search of the missing pup.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

Definition of crewman

Noun

The Los Gatos squad was comprised of Luke DeGraff (Los Gatos), Julian Weinstein (Los Gatos), Tristan Carpenter (Menlo-Atherton) and Declan McInerney (Los Gatos) with coxswain Kaira Yoo (Los Gatos).

— Phil Jensen, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
In May 1971, his wife’s father, Henry Fletcher, enlisted in the Navy to become a riverine boat coxswain, and in June 1975, his wife, Bobbie, enlisted in the Navy as a cryptologic technician.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

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