An alternative or variant spelling of arbalist; a soldier armed with a crossbow or arbalest.
A variant form of 'arbalist' with the '-er' suffix common in English occupational terms. This spelling appears in some medieval and historical texts, though 'arbalist' became the more standard form.
Spelling variations like 'arbalister' vs. 'arbalist' remind us that medieval spelling was fluid and unstandardized—scribes spelled phonetically based on regional dialects, making historical documents windows into how people actually spoke centuries ago.
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