# thingman

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thingman