spearman
Pole-weapon warrior
A spearman is a soldier or warrior armed with a spear.
The term appears most often in historical or fantasy contexts—ancient armies, medieval warfare, video games: The spearmen formed the front line of the phalanx.
In statistics, Spearman refers to Charles Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
Ground combat troops
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
- formationCreation or arrangement
- pikemanSpear-armed infantry soldier
- halberdierSoldier wielding hooked spear-axe
lancer · footman · legionnaire · battalion · regiment · tactics · drill · maneuver
African throwing spear
- hopliteAncient Greek heavy infantry
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- romanUpright letter style
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
yari · amazon · tribal · ceremonial · hunting · warrior · tradition · lineage
infantry
Ground combat troops
halberdier · lancer · footman · legionnaire · battalion · regiment · tactics · drill · maneuver · warfare
assegai
African throwing spear
samurai · yari · amazon · tribal · ceremonial · hunting · warrior · tradition · lineage · clan
fighter
One who engages in combat
duelist · champion · mercenary · guardian · sentinel · protector · hunter · raider · skirmisher · defender
javelin
Throwing spear for sport
trident · shaft · point · tip · blade · haft · butt · barb · head · throwing
- Greek soldiershoplite, spartan, phalanx, heavy infantry, light infantry
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, infantryman
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- Viking WorldNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland
- infantryfoot soldiers, foot soldier, rifleman, riflemen, infantryman