pikeman

Definitions

1. A soldier armed with a pike.
2. A person who operates a turnpike.
3. A miner who works with a pick.

Equivalents

Examples

“Vitellius comming on couragiouſly with his pikemen and his harquebuſiers , deuided into two wings, charged them fiercely”

“Then there was the music of the rattling harness, and the ring⟳ of the horses' feet on the hard road, and the glare of the two bright lamps through the steaming hoar frost, over the leaders' ears, into the darkness; and the cheery toot of the guard's horn, to warn⟳ some drowsy pikeman or the ostler at the next change⟳ ; and the looking forward⟳ to daylight — and last⟳ but not least, the delight of returning sensation in your toes.”

““My missus told it me at the pit-head, when she brought me my breakfast,” said a pikeman to his comrade, and he struck a vigorous blow⟳ at the broad seam on which he was working.”

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