Landsman

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A man of the same land or country; a fellow-countryman.
  • noun. One who lives on the land; one who has had little or no experience of the sea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
  • noun. A sailor on his first voyage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
  • noun. A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe
  • noun. Someone of a similar heritage or belief system
  • noun. A military rank given to naval recruits
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who lives and works on land
  • noun. an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
  • Word Usage
    "There's a Yiddish word, "landsman" londs-man which, roughly translated, means "a fellow villager" - a stranger, perhaps, but still someone you welcome because you know they share a common connection in the village of your ancestors."
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    sailor  seaman  
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