What (who) is Billman - definition
POLEARM WEAPON USED BY INFANTRY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Billman; Billmen; Bill hooks
![A group of 15th-century re-enactors with Italian and English billhooks during a display at [[Cardiff Castle]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloucester Household Bill-Line, Cardiff Castle.jpg?width=200 "A group of 15th-century re-enactors with Italian and English billhooks during a display at [[Cardiff Castle]]")
Billman
·noun One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax.
Billman (surname)
FAMILY NAME
Billman is an English and Swedish surname, a variant of the German Toponymic surname Billmann or Bellman, a name denoting a dweller by the Bille River near Hamburg. Notable people with the surname include:
Billmen
·pl of Billman.
Wikipedia
Bill (weapon)
A bill is a class of agricultural implement used for trimming tree limbs, which was often repurposed for use as an infantry polearm. In English, the term 'Italian bill' is applied to the similar roncone or roncola, but the Italian version tended to have a long thrusting spike in addition to the cutting blade.
The English distinguished among several varieties of bill, including the black, brown and forest bills, but the differences between them are currently not fully understood. Bills were adapted to military use through addition of various projecting blades. Other variants include the bill hook and bill-guisarme.
