Twentyman

Twentyman

English

Etymology

From Middle English Twentiman, from twentiman, from twenti + man, commander of a levy of twenty or more men, and from later conflation of Twinterman with the number and/or surname. Equivalent to twenty +‎ -man.

Proper noun

Twentyman

  1. A surname.

References

  • Hanks, Patrick & al. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016), pp. lv & 2755.
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