javelineern.
/dʒav(ə)lɪˈnɪə/ 1. A soldier armed with a javelin.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance
spearc1275
spearman1297
lance-knight1530
demi-lancer1552
demi-lancea1556
spearer1574
lance-man1589
lancer1590
javelineer1600
javelotier1600
lance1602
spearsman1836
javelin-man1846
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. 286 The forefront of the vantgard, were javeliniers called Hastati.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 208 Before this battalian..there went six thousand slingers, and javeliners.
1828 Lewis tr. Boeckh's Pub. Econ. Athens (1842) 267 Grecian and Barbarian javelineers.
2. = javelin-man n. 1.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > attendant on judge or magistrate
lictorc1384
porter1607
javelin-man1705
judge's marshal1830
javelin1849
javelineer1879
1879 R. Browning Ned Bratts in Idyls I. 64 Judges the prime of the land, Constables, javelineers.
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