English

kidsman

From kid + -s- + man.

Formed from kid + -s- + man

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun An adult who recruits children to train them as criminals.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.