javelineer

English

Alternative forms

• javelinier

Etymology

From Middle French javelinier. By surface analysis, javelin +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

javelineer (plural javelineers)

1. A soldier who throws a javelin.
   • 1851, Henry William Herbert, The Captains of the Old World, page 34:

     As it now is, the enemy outshoot and outsling us so far that the Cretan archers and our javelineers cannot reach them.

Translations

soldier who throws a javelin

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκοντιστής m (akontistḗs)

• Polish: oszczepnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: lanceiro (pt) m