Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bowman \Bow"man\, n.; pl. {Bowmen}.
   A man who uses a bow; an archer.

         The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen
         and bowmen.                              --Jer. iv. 29.

   {Bowman's root}. (Bot.) See {Indian physic}, under {Indian}.

Bowman \Bow"man\, n. (Naut.)
   The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.

Source : WordNet®

bowman
     n : a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: {archer}]