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Markman

Markman \Mark"man\, n. A marksman. [Obs.]
--Shak.

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markman

n. (context obsolete English) A marksman.

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Markman

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

  • Arthur B. Markman, Professor of psychology, University of Texas at Austin
  • Ellen Markman, Lewis M. Terman Professor of Psychology at Stanford University
  • Gerry Markman (born 1950), guitarist and a manager of Steve's Music Store, Toronto
  • Stephen Markman (born 1949), appointed as the 103rd Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Usage examples of "markman".

So wended the Markmen between wood and stream on either side of Mirkwood-water, till now at last the night grew deep and the moon set, and it was hard on midnight, and they had kindled many torches to light them on either side of the water.

Romans are their masters and they do their bidding: even so did I who was but their guest: and I a Markman to fight against the Markmen, and all for fear and for gold!

Many thanks to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara Cabot, SWAT officer Matt Cabot, Josh Horowitz, Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, Abby McAden, Ericka Markman, Ron Markman, David Walton, and Benjamin Egnatz.

Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara Cabot, Charles and Bonnie Egnatz, Emily Faith, Laura Langlie, Ron Markman, Abigail McAden, A.

Elf here of the Hartings, no longer shalt thou bide In any house of the Markmen than to speak the word and wend, Till all men know the tidings and thine errand hath an end.

But how might it otherwise happen but we twain must meet in the end, The God of this mighty people and the Markmen and their kin?

But as for the wains of the Markmen, they were stoutly framed of ashtree with panels of aspen, and they were broad-wheeled so that they might go over rough and smooth.

And wherefore should not all this fall to the Markmen and their valiancy?

Aliens worsted the Markmen, who were but a few, since they were they of the Upper-mark only.

So that day they fought all over the plain, and a great many died, both of the Aliens and the Markmen, and though these last were victorious, yet when the sun went down there still were the Aliens abiding in the Upper-mark, fenced by their wain-burg, beaten, and much diminished in number, but still a host of men: while of the Markmen many had fallen, and many more were hurt, because the Aliens were good bowmen.

Short, and curling close to his head was his black hair, a little grizzled, so that it looked like rings of hard dark iron: his forehead was high and smooth, his lips full and red, his eyes steady and wide-open, and all his face joyous with the thought of the fame of his deeds, and the coming battle with a foeman whom the Markmen knew not yet.

They drew the sword in the cities, they came and struck the stroke And smote the shield of the Markmen, and point and edge they broke.

Thiodolf swiftly to the man behind him who carried the war-horn, and every man handled his weapons: but that man understood, and set the little end to his mouth, and loud roared the horn of the Markmen, and neither friend nor foe misdoubted the tale thereof.

CHAPTER XVII--THE WOOD-SUN SPEAKETH WITH THIODOLF Now the Markmen laid Heriulf in howe on the ridge-crest where he had fallen, and heaped a mighty howe over him that could be seen from far, and round about him they laid the other warriors of the kindreds.

He was both young and very rich, and a mighty man among his townsmen, and well had he learned that ginger is hot in the mouth, and though he had come forth to the war for the increasing of his fame, he had no will to die among the Markmen, either for the sake of the city of Rome, or of any folk whatsoever, but was liefer to live for his own sake.