Arbalistarius is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 13 characters long in length.
Surname is an adaptation of the Arblaster. An arbalistarius or cross-bowman.
"And in the kernils* here and there,
Of arblastirs great plenty were."
Rom. of the Rose, 4198.
It was sometimes applied to the cross -bow itself: "With alblastres and with stones, They slowé men and braken bones."
Kyng Alisaunder, 1211. (Halliw.)
Several of the distinguished archers at the battle of Hastings became tenants in chief under the Conqueror, and are entered in Domesday with the surname Arbalistarius or Balistarius. Hence the names Alabaster, Blast, and others.
Surname Arbalistarius is variant form of Allblaster. Old English alblastere, a cross-bowman.
Is an adaptation of the Alabaster. Old Eng alblastere, a cross-bowman. In Latin, Albalestarius, under which form it occurs in the Hundred Rolls See Arblaster.