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ˈsling(s)man
[f. sling n.1]
A slinger.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 627 Two thousand archers and slingmen. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. i. Vocation 825 A band of Sling-men he anon doth force. 1768Baretti Manners & Customs Italy II. 241 One of the slingsmen had the insolence to fling a stone where she was. 1895Sir H. Maxwell Duke of Britain ix. 133 The ordinary spearmen, slingsmen,..bowmen, or mounted troopers. |