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 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

The archers and billmen of the middle ages, who, with provisions for forty days at their backs, left the fields for the camp, were troops of the same description.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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

There were bowmen and billmen from Cheshire and Lancashire under the Stanley banner; and James Stanley, Bishop of Ely, brought the banner of St. Etheldreda, the Northumbrian queen who founded the monastery of Ely.

From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Terry, Jean F. (Jean Finlay)