billman

American  

[bil-muhn] / ˈbɪl mən /

noun

billmen plural

1. bill.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• billmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of billman

First recorded in 1520–30; bill ³ + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

billman billmen

In the first year of Elizabeth, it is recorded that there was in the parish church of Darley, Derbyshire, “within ye steepul both harnes and weapons in redynes for one billman and for one archer.”

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

The four or five soldiers of the village—a couple of billmen and pikemen and a real gunner—stood apart in an official group, but did not salute him.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

"Let a hundred billmen be ranged with the second line of archers; and, at a word given, pass through and root up the stakes."

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Next after these rode the sheriff of Merionethshire and his billmen, all in ancient costume: and then came the most interesting part of the cavalcade.

From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas

The warship was a merchantman, on board of which a number of fighting-men, knights, men-at-arms, archers and billmen were embarked.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard

All through the City the billmen and bowmen gathered.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter