billman
noun
bill.
billmen
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pluralof billman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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An Anthony occurs among the billmen of Snitterfield in the muster book of 1569.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
Indeed the watch were, as a rule, as unwilling to interfere with dangerous revellers as were the billmen of Messina, and seem to have been little better than thieves or Mohocks themselves.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy
He was accompanied by his billmen, together with some half-dozen attendants, clad in shirts of chain mail and helmets fitting close to the head.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Behind, at a short distance, came the battle of the King, consisting of heavy armed infantry, principally billmen, with a strong force of cavalry on either hand.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Then all our billmen ran up and leapt over the hedge into the meadow and stood stoutly along the ditch under our bows, Jack Straw in the forefront handling his great axe.
From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by William Morris
