bailsman

[ beylz-muh n ]
/ ˈbeɪlz mən /

noun, plural bails·men.

a person who gives bail or acts as surety.

Origin of bailsman

1860–65; bail1 + 's 1 + -man

Example sentences from the Web for bailsman

  • Speke had his bedding amidships, spread on reeds; the cook and bailsman sat facing him, and Bombay and one Belooch behind him.

    Great African Travellers |W.H.G. Kingston