noun. A man who uses a bow; an archer. See cut in preceding column.

noun. The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow-oar.

noun. A man who uses a bow; an archer.

noun. See Indian physic, under Indian.

noun. The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.

noun. An archer.

noun. The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow

noun. a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

"But the bowman was a muscular seaman of fifty, and he won the victory over the billows, and hauled the man into the cutter."