Top Definitions
Quizzes
Examples

billman

[ bil-muhn ]

/ ˈbɪl mən /

Save This Word!

noun, plural bill·men.

bill³ (def. 2).

QUIZZES

THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The Sunflower State

The Evergreen State

The Magnolia State

The Mockingbird State

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for billman

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

See Today's Synonym