name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
landsman
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D Z M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: seaman
noun
Meaning 3
A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: oil industry
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noun
Meaning 4
A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe.
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone of a similar heritage or belief system.
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noun
Meaning 6
A military rank given to naval recruits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: landlubber, lubber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
noun
Meaning 8
a person who lives and works on land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: landlubber, landman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
History
Etymology
From land + -s- + man. In meanings 3 and 4, influenced by Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Compare also German Landsmann, Norwegian landsmann. Doublet of lantzman.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: landkrabbe — the opposite of a seaman
- Ancient Greek: ἠπειρώτης (ēpeirṓtēs) — the opposite of a seaman
- Hebrew: אִישׁ יַבָּשָׁה (ísh yabashá) — the opposite of a seaman
- Hebrew: יַבָּשְׁתָּן (yabashtán) — the opposite of a seaman
- Hebrew: עַכְבַּר יָבָּשָׁה (akhbár yabashá) — the opposite of a seaman
- Portuguese: campônio — the opposite of a seaman