crossbowman

English

Etymology

crossbow +‎ man

Pronunciation

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Noun

crossbowman (plural crossbowmen)

1. Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.

   Synonym: arbalest

Translations

someone equipped with a crossbow

• Basque: baleztari
• Catalan: ballester (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弩兵 (zh) (nǔbīng), 弩手 (zh) (nǔshǒu)

• Esperanto: arbalestisto
• Finnish: jalkajousimies
• French: arbalétrier (fr) m
• Galician: besteiro m, bestilleiro m
• German: Armbrustschütze (de) m
• Irish: crosbhoghdóir m
• Italian: balestriere m
• Kazakh: арбалетші (arbaletşı)
• Macedonian: самостре́лец m (samostrélec)
• Old Portuguese: baesteiro
• Polish: kusznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: besteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: arbaletrier (ro) m
• Russian: арбале́тчик (ru) m (arbalétčik), самострельщик (ru) m (samostrelʹščik)
• Serbo-Croatian: samostrelac, strelometač, kušač (sh)
• Spanish: ballestero m
• Swedish: armborstskytt c