English Explanatory Dictionary

thingman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt.
  2. (One of several) men serving as the army, particularly the mercenary army, (of a specific ruler).

Word forms

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Etymology

Calque of Old Norse thingman, which is þing (“thing”) + maðr (“man”), or else a back-formation from "thingmen", which was borrowed morpheme for morpheme from þingmenn (“thingmen”).

Related words

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