landsman
/lˈændzmən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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 person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners.
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.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain."
- "If the landsman should wish the gang-plank moved a foot farther forward, he would probably say: “James, or William, one of you push that plank forward, please”; but put the mate in his place, and he would roar out: “Here, now, start that gang-plank for'ard! Lively, now! What're you about!...""
- "When I returned again to life, the same uproar, the same confused and violent movements, shook and deafened me; and presently, to my other pains and distresses, there was added the sickness of an unused landsman on the sea."
- "I’ve noticed that these landsmen, nine times out of ten, haven’t the least notion whether the tide’s in or out or where it is."