\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}.

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