billmen
- plural of billman.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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
In archery, above all, none could match them; for were not their ancestors the stout bowmen and billmen whose cloth-yard shafts, and trenchant weapons, won the day at Flodden?
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
