fjärdingsman

== Swedish == === Etymology === Compound of fjärding (“quarter”) +‎ -s- +‎ man (“man”), as each fjärdingsman was originally responsible for one quarter of their härad (“hundred”). Attested since 1510. === Noun === fjärdingsman c from the 16th century a position of trust and from the 19th century a minor government part-time job (engaged in, among other things, tax collection, police tasks, and road inspections; abolished and incorporated into the police during the first half of the 20th century); an assistant to a länsman Synonym: fjärsman (colloquial, dated, after c. 1950) a police Synonyms: (dated) fjärsman, polis ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== länsman === References === fjärdingsman in Svensk ordbok (SO) fjärdingsman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)