thingman

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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