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noun
One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural-normally
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noun
(One of several) men serving as the army, particularly the mercenary army, (of a specific ruler).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural-normally
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History
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”).
