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billman

[ bil-muhn ]

/ ˈbɪl mən /

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noun, plural bill·men.

bill³ (def. 2).

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Origin of billman

First recorded in 1520–30; bill³ + -man

Words nearby billman

billingsgate, Billings method, billion, billionaire, Billiton, billman, bill of adventure, bill of attainder, bill of entry, bill of exchange, bill of fare

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How to use billman in a sentence

Mrs. Billman, Milly decided, and so confided to her husband, was hard and ambitious socially.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
She had a woman's respect for any institution, and Mrs. Billman had made her feel that Bunker's was a very important institution.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
For Hazel Fredericks had two merely for household purposes and the Billman's house boasted of four and a boy in buttons.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
But neither Billman nor Fredericks had felt obliged to leave the magazine, she learned from Hazel.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick

Mrs. Bunker and Mrs. Billman, of course, had long since lost sight of Milly in the course of her migrations.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick