pikeman
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Did you mean pikeman, a soldier armed with a pike?
From Time • Jul. 19, 2016
He had been for a long time musketeer, but shortly before the peace had sunk to be a pikeman, and was ill-clad; his shirt hung behind and before out of his hose.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
“Use your pike thus, noddy,” he lessoned, good-naturedly, wielding the weapon with the skill of a practised pikeman.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
"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 broadseam on which he was working.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
"I am Citizen Prevôt, the pikeman, who helped to search your house over a year ago!"
From When a Cobbler Ruled a King by Seaman, Augusta Huiell
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