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  • noun A soldier who throws a javelin

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Examples

  • Tanus had taught her to forsake the awkward double-jointed manner of throwing that is natural to the female, and she hurled the melon she held with the force and aim of a trained javelineer.

    River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

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