What is "bowman"

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.

Etymology 1 n. (context archery English) A man who uses a bow; an archer. Etymology 2

n. (context nautical English) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.

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

Bowman may refer to:

Bowman is the name of the tactical communications system used by the British Armed Forces.

The Bowman C4I system consists of a range of HF radio, VHF radio and UHF radio sets designed to provide secure integrated voice, data services to dismounted soldiers, individual vehicles and command HQs up to Division level. Bowman has a number of specific applications installed on the base radio infrastructure known as BISAs. Bowman has been released incrementally as a number of phased capability releases, known as BCIP releases, with BCIP 5.5 being released in the field in 2013.

Bowman replaced the Clansman series of radios.

Bowman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abie Philbin Bowman, contemporary Irish columnist and comedian
• Abraham Bowman (1749–1837), Kentucky pioneer
• Alex Bowman (born 1993), auto racing driver
• Alexander Bowman (Irish politician) (c. 1854–1924), Irish politician and trade unionist
• Alexander Bowman (Australian politician) (1838–1892), Australian politician
• Alexander Hamilton Bowman (1803–1865), U.S. Army engineer of Fort Sumter
• Alonzo Bowman (1848–1885), Medal of Honor holder
• Barbara T. Bowman (born 1928), early childhood educator and co-founder of Chicago's Erikson Institute
• Bob Bowman (disambiguation), various people
• Brandon Bowman (born 1984), American basketball player
• Brian Bowman (disambiguation), various people
• Carol Bowman (born 1950), American writer and therapist
• Charles Calvin Bowman (1852–1941), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Christopher Bowman (1967–2008), American figure skater
• David Bowman (disambiguation), various people
• Don Bowman (disambiguation), various people
• Edith Bowman (born 1974), Scottish radio DJ
• Edmund Bowman (1818–1866), one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and Australia
• Elmer Bowman (1897–1985), American baseball player
• Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), American blues and ragtime musician
• Fallon Bowman (born 1983 ), Canadian guitarist
• Frank Llewellyn Bowman (1879–1936), U.S. Congressman from West Virginia
• George Bowman (disambiguation)
• Harold Bowman, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s
• Herbert Bowman (1897–1980), American tennis player
• Ira Bowman (born 1973), American basketball player
• Isaac Bowman (1757–1826), 18th-century American soldier and Kentucky pioneer
• Isaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographer
• James Bowman (disambiguation)
• Jan Bowman (born 1953), Australian retired basketball player
• Jessica Bowman (born 1980), American actress
• Jim Bowman (American football) (born 1963), American football player
• Joe Bowman (disambiguation)
• Joe Bowman (marksman) (1925–2009), American marksman and Wild West show entertainer
• John Bowman (disambiguation), various people
• Jonathan Philbin Bowman (1969–2000), Irish journalist and radio broadcaster
• Joseph Bowman (c. 1752–1779), American Revolutionary War officer and Kentucky pioneer
• Josh Bowman (born 1988), American actor
• Karl Bowman (1888–1973), psychiatrist and president of the American Psychiatric Association
• Kenneth Bowman (1937–2013), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• Lee Bowman (1914–1979), American actor
• Nathaniel Bowman (1608–1682), first Bowman family immigrant to settle in the Massachusetts Bay colony
• NaVorro Bowman, American football player
• Paul Bowman (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• Paul Bowman-MacDonald, a fictional character from Monarch of the Glen
• Raymond D. Bowman, American music critic
• Rob Bowman (music writer), Canadian ethnomusicologist
• Rob Bowman (director), American film maker
• Robert M. Bowman, American retired Air Force officer and anti-Strategic Defense Initiative activist
• R. T. V. Bowman (1875–1899), American college sports coach
• Ryan Bowman (born 1991), English footballer
• Sally Anne Bowman (1987–2005), British murder victim
• Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813 – 1866), heroine of Fort Brown (Mexican–American War) nicknamed the Great Western
• Scotty Bowman, National Hockey League coach
• Selwyn Z. Bowman, US Congressman from Massachusetts
• Steve Bowman, American musician
• Steve Bowman (American football), American football player
• Thaddeus Bowman, American Revolution patriot
• Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister and educator
• Thomas Bowman (disambiguation)
• Walter Bowman, early Canadian soccer player
• William Bowman (miller), a pioneer in South Australia
• William Charles Bowman (ca. 1830–1879), one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and Australia
• William N. Bowman, American architect
• Woody Bowman, American politician
• Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, British surgeon and anatomist
• Zack Bowman, American football player

• The Bowman brothers, a pastoral family in Tasmania (then "Van Diemen's Land") and South Australia, including Edmund (1818–1866), John (1828–1900), William Charles (ca. 1830–1879) and Thomas Richard Bowman (1835–1911) and their father John Bowman (senior) (1785–1857)
• The Bowman brothers, sons of George Bowman (Australian politician) (1795–1878), including Alexander Bowman (Australian politician) (1838–1892) and his brothers George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870) and Robert Bowman (1830–1873)
• The Bowman brothers, a group of four Kentucky pioneers consisting of Abraham (1749–1837), Isaac (1757–1826), Joseph (c. 1752–1779), and John Bowman (1738–1784) who were sometimes called the "Four Centaurs of Cedar Creek", or their namesake whiskey brand produced by the A. Smith Bowman Distillery