landsman
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- noun
- /ˈlændzˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
terrestre
- This is far from the first time I've been called a landsman or an off-islander by some Nantucketer, reminding me how I am not a part of that family.
Examples
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This landsman believes an old sailor's myth.
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Colors were no brighter or darker, though he was, he admitted, already searching for someone with a beanie, a landsman who might look his way, wink, and confirm what he already knew.
Fiction book (1999) -
He'd just started out as a field landsman when one of the wells he was working on just went and blew up.
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A landsman!
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The name Chase need no longer be a landsman's name, but an established name that belongs among the great families of Nantucket.
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As a landsman, he had never set foot on a boat and preferred farming to sailing.
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While many sailors enjoy life at sea, he felt more at home as a landsman on dry land.
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The conference was attended by various professionals, but he identified as a landsman who had spent his life working on farms.
Synonyms
A woman who lives and works on a farm or in the countryside
A woman who lives on and works a farm growing crops or caring for animals
A person who lives and works on the land, like a farmer
Antonyms
How Land-Based
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word landsman comes from land ('ground' or 'country') + man, so it simply means a person tied to the land rather than the sea. That's why a landsman is someone who lives and works on land, not a sailor.