clubman

From club +‎ -man.

clubman (plural clubmen)

1. (dated) A man who attends a social club.

   Synonym: clubster

   • 1903, H G Wells, The Truth about Pyecraft:

     The fattest clubman in London. He sits at one of the little club tables in the huge bay by the fire, stuffing.

2. A warrior who uses a club as a weapon.
   • 1973, Jehanne Teilhet-Fisk, Dimensions of Polynesia: Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego:

     The clubmen were second-class warriors. They wore closely woven braided coconut-husk armor and would drill with their clubs in preparation for war.

From club +‎ man.

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clubman m (plural clubmans or clubmen)

1. (dated) clubman

• “clubman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French clubman.

clubman m (plural clubmeni)

1. clubman