Lexicographical Neighbors of Billeters
Literary usage of Billeters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lauderdale Papers by Osmund Airy, John Maitland Lauderdale (1884)
"... he shall give notice what he finds, and so soon as I know it what it shall
be, my Mr shall be acquainted. It is sayed that tho the billeters may be ..."
2. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1884)
"... he shall give notice what he finds, and so soon as I know it what it shall
be, my Mr shall be acquainted. It is sayed that tho the billeters may be ..."
3. The Life of Mr. Robert Blair, Minister of St. Andrews, Containing His by Robert Blair, William Row, Thomas M'Crie (1848)
"sioner, after the reading of the King's letter, urged that the Parliament without
delay would set about the trial of these unhappy billeters. ..."
4. Life of ... Robert Blair ... Containing His Autobiography, from 1593 to 1636 by Robert Blair, Thomas McCrie, William Row (1848)
"sioner, after the reading of the King's letter, urged that the Parliament without
delay would set about the trial of these unhappy billeters. ..."
5. The Manuscripts of the Duke of Beauford, K. G.: The Earl of Donoughmore, and by Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Beaufort, John Henry Gurney, William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton, Robert William Ketton, George Atherton Aitken, Philip Vernon Smith, Church of England Diocese of Ely, James Arthur Bennett, Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell, (1891)
"... Captains and officers and also to the Billeters that in case the soldier shall
not content himself with such fit provision as shall be made him of meat, ..."
6. The Armies of Europe: Comprising Descriptions in Detail of the Military by George Brinton McClellan (1861)
"Billeters are parties sent forward at the beginning of the day's march to secure
quarters ... The billeters of an isolated battalion are under an officer, ..."
7. Report of the Secretary of War: Communicating the Report of Captain George B by George Brinton McClellan (1857)
"Billeters are parties sent forward at the beginning of the day's march to secure
quarters ... The billeters of an isolated battalion are under an officer, ..."
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