🏡 A woman on land ⛵ A female beginner sailor

landswoman

9.9

A woman new to working on a ship, often on her first trip at sea

noun
/ˈlændzˌwʊmən/

Archaic

: novata

The captain gave the landswoman extra instruction since it was her first voyage.

Examples

Though a landswoman now, she quickly learned the ropes and gained the crew's respect.
In the crew, she was the only landswoman and faced many new challenges at sea.
The landswoman felt nervous on her first voyage.
Many landswomen join sailing clubs to gain experience.
As a landswoman on her first voyage, she was eager to learn everything about sailing.
The landswoman struggled with the waves, having never experienced the ocean before.
Feeling nervous, the landswoman stood on the deck, watching the experts handle the sails.

Synonyms

landlubber

vslandswoman

Informal

4 8.3

A person who is not used to being on a ship

is specific to females rather than referring to people in general

Antonyms

sailor

78 2.3

A person who works in the navy on a military ship

How Experienced

old salt

Informal

1 8.0

seadog

7.3

sailor

78 2.3

landswoman

Archaic

9.9

landlubber

Informal

4 8.3

Surface Forms

landswoman singular

landswomen plural

Morphology

landswoman = land + woman (semi-transparent) = land + woman

Formed from 'land' + 'woman', but the specific nautical sense 'inexperienced as a sailor' is idiomatic and not immediately obvious from the components for many learners.

Etymology

Landswoman comes from land ('ground' or 'country') + woman, and it was used for a woman who comes from the land and finds herself on a ship, so it can mean a woman who is new to sailing and not yet experienced at sea.