Javelineer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A soldier who throws a javelin.

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

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javelinier

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

Etymology

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

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