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/baylz"meuhn/, n., pl. bailsmen.a person who gives bail or acts as surety.[1860-65; BAIL1 + 's1 + -MAN]
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bailsman — n. One who provides bail to secure the release of a criminal defendant. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
bailsman — [bālz′mən] n. pl. bailsmen [bālz′mən] a person who acts as surety or gives bail for another … English World dictionary
bailsman — noun Date: 1862 one who gives bail for another … New Collegiate Dictionary
bailsman — noun A person who provides bail for another … Wiktionary
bailsman — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who posts bond: bail3, bondsman. See LAW … English dictionary for students
bailsman — n. person who supplies bail … English contemporary dictionary
bailsman — bails·man … English syllables
bailsman — bails•man [[t]ˈbeɪlz mən[/t]] n. pl. men law a person who gives bail or acts as surety • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
bailsman — /ˈbeɪlzmən/ (say baylzmuhn) noun (plural bailsmen) Obsolete someone who gives bail or security. {combination of two words originally in a syntactical relationship; bail s (genitive case) + man} …
bailsman — n. (pl. men) a person who stands bail for another. Etymology: BAIL(1) + MAN … Useful english dictionary