Bowman vs Archer - What's the difference?
bowman | archer |
(archery) An archer.
* Bible, Jer. iv. 29
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
(historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
(arch)
Archer is a synonym of bowman.
As nouns the difference between bowman and archer
is that bowman is an archer while archer is one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.As proper nouns the difference between bowman and archer
is that bowman is {{surname|lang=en} while Archer is sagittarius.As an adjective archer is
comparative of arch.bowman
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(bowmen)- The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen .