Landman

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A man who lives or serves on land: opposed to seaman.
  • noun. In English law, a tenant or occupant of land; a terre-tenant.
  • noun. A farmer or countryman.
  • noun. A landowner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.
  • noun. An occupier of land.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman.
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  • noun. a person who lives and works on land
  • Word Usage
    "Against his wife's advice, he called the landman in February 2010."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    seaman  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract