different between billman vs hillman

English

Etymology

bill +? -man

Noun

billman (plural billmen)

1. A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.
   • 1859, John Harland, The Lancashire Lieutenancy Under the Tudors and Stuarts […]

     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 […]

   • 2014, Toby Clements, Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims: (Book 1)

     He is staggering as the other billmen lash their pikes at him.

English

Etymology

From hill +? man.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?h?lm?n/
• Homophone: Hillman
• Hyphenation: hill?man

Noun

hillman (plural hillmen)

1. A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 6:

     Indian hillmen of exceptional intelligence and resource, specially trained in clandestine surveying techniques, were despatched across the frontier disguised as Muslim holy men or Buddhist pilgrims.