crossbowman

English

Alternative forms

crossbowsman

Etymology

crossbow +‎ man

Pronunciation

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Noun

crossbowman (plural crossbowmen)

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
Ottoman Turkish: زنبركجی‎ (zenberekci)
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)
Sicilian: balistreri m
Spanish: ballestero m
Swedish: armborstskytt c

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