"thingman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: thingmen [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|non|þingmaðr|thingman}} Calque of Old Norse thingman, {{compound|non|þing|maðr|nocat=1|t1=thing|t2=man}} þing (“thing”) + maðr (“man”), {{m|non|þingmenn|t=thingmen}} þingmenn (“thingmen”) Head templates: {{en-noun|thingmen}} thingman (plural thingmen)
  1. (historical, usually in the plural) One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt. Tags: historical, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-thingman-en-noun-sBws~wSP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (historical, usually in the plural) (One of several) men serving as the army, particularly the mercenary army, (of a specific ruler). Tags: historical, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-thingman-en-noun-hDNszGT8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Thingmen, Thingman

Inflected forms

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