Definition of Bayman

1. n. In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

Definition of Bayman

1. Noun. One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern day Belize. ¹

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Definition of Bayman

1. a person who fishes on a bay [n BAYMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bayman

bayed
bayerite
bayerites
bayes theorem
bayfront
bayfronts
baying
bayings
bayldonite
bayle
bayles
bayleyite
baylike
baylisascariasis
baylissite
bayman (current term)
baymen
bayonet
bayonet forceps
bayonet hair
bayoneted
bayoneting
bayonetings
bayonets
bayonetted
bayonetting
bayonettings
bayou
bayous
bayplan

Literary usage of Bayman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1885)
"JDB bayman, Mrs. A. Phelps. An English Lady. An English lady who wrote a series of letters in defence of the American Union in 1862-03; a sister of Robert ..."

2. The Wild Flowers by Charles Bradford (1901)
"V Cap'in Grieb, bayman ". . . wide the natural world Hath welcomed him, all perfect joys to share. He hath no frets, he ne'er triumphant boasts. ..."

3. Town Records of Derby, Connecticut, 1655-1710 by Nancy Owen Phillips, Derby (Conn.), Daughters of the American Revolution Sarah Riggs Humphreys Chapter (Derby, Conn.) (1901)
"And further 1 the sd Samuel Bowers doe for me my heires Executo" Administrato" & assignes covenant to & with the sd George bayman his heires & assignes that ..."

4. Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Southborough (Mass.), Southborough, Mass, Franklin Pierce Rice (1903)
"bayman and Phebe, Oct. 3, 1796. Clarissa, d. bayman and Phebe, Jan. 5, 1803. Charles Parker, s. ... bayman and Phebe, Feb. 4, 1801. Ebenezer, s. ..."

5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1911)
""Tide 's slacking," said the bayman, softly. He nodded toward an inner room. ... The bayman shook his head slightly. "I don't pretend to know why 't is, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1867)
"410, 6 p. 1., pp. 351 (i). H. 4079 [bayman.] Notes [by Robert bayman] and Letters [by Mrs. A. Phelps bayman] on the American War. ..."

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