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Bowman vs Bowyer - What's the difference?

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Bowyer is a synonym of bowman.



As nouns the difference between bowman and bowyer

is that bowman is an archer while bowyer is a person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).

As proper nouns the difference between bowman and bowyer

is that bowman is {{surname|lang=en} while Bowyer is an English occupational surname for someone who made bows for archery.

bowman

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(bowmen)
  • (archery) An archer.
  • * Bible, Jer. iv. 29
    • The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen .
    Derived terms
    * bowman's root

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (bowmen)
  • (nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.

    • bowyer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 38:
    • A clause of a former act directing the bowyers of London and Westminster to make four bows of different wood for one of yew, was repealed on their representation that the citizens of London would use none but yew bows, and in it's place they were ordered always to have by them at least fifty bows of elm, witch-hasel, or ash.
  • (archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who makes bows) bowmaker, fletcher * (person who uses the bow) archer, bowman

    Anagrams

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