Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

spearman

American  
[speer-muhn] / ˈspɪər mən /

noun

plural

spearmen

  1. a person who is armed with or uses a spear.

spearman British  
/ ˈspɪəmən /

noun

  1. a soldier armed with a spear

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of spearman

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; spear 1, man

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.