borgensman

== Swedish == === Etymology === borgen (“surety”) +‎ -s- +‎ man. Compare Icelandic borganarmaðr. === Noun === borgensman c (law) surety, guarantor (one who undertakes to pay money in the event that the principal fails to do so) ==== Declension ==== === References === borgensman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) borgensman in Svensk ordbok (SO) borgensman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) borgensman in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)