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bailsman

[ beylz-muhn ]
/ ˈbeɪlz mən /
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noun, plural bails·men.
a person who gives bail or acts as surety.
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Origin of bailsman

1860–65; bail1 + 's1 + -man

Words nearby bailsman

bailiwick, Baillie, bailment, bailor, bailout, bailsman, bail up, Baily, Baily's beads, Bainbridge, báinín
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Words related to bailsman

backer, underwriter, bondswoman, bondsman, patron, sponsor, bail bondsman

How to use bailsman in a sentence

  • Speke had his bedding amidships, spread on reeds; the cook and bailsman sat facing him, and Bombay and one Belooch behind him.

    Great African Travellers|W.H.G. Kingston
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