Meanings
billman1
plural billmen
- A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.
He is staggering as the other billmen lash their pikes at him.
2014, Toby Clements, Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims: (Book 1)1 more example
each class had its peculiar head - covering , - a steel cap or scull distinguished the archer ; a salade the billman ; while the musketeer wore a morion[…]
1859, John Harland, The Lancashire Lieutenancy Under the Tudors and Stuarts […]
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billman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billman
“billman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “billman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billman.
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