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thingman

The English word “thingman” has 2 meanings listed here.

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).

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”).

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