pikeman

noun
/ˈpaɪk.mən/

Etymology

From pike + -man. Compare the Middle English surname Pykeman.

  1. inherited from *pīkaz
  2. inherited from *pīk
  3. derived from pic
  4. derived from pique
  5. inherited from pīc
  6. inherited from pyke
  7. suffixed as pikeman — “pike + man

Definitions

  1. A soldier armed with a pike.

    • Vitellius comming on couragiouſly with his pikemen and his harquebuſiers , deuided into two wings, charged them fiercely
  2. A person who operates a turnpike.

  3. A miner who works with a pick.

    • “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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA