a person who acts as surety or gives bail for another
bailsman in American English
(ˈbeilzmən)
nounWord forms: plural-men
a person who gives bail or acts as surety
Word origin
[1860–65; bail1 + 's1 + -man]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, calibrate, jumping jack, mutualism, prep-man is a combining form, used in the formation of compound words indicating a man ofa certain type or with a certain job. Other words that use the affix -man include: chairman, freshman, lineman, ombudsman, pitchman