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Synonyms for landsman


Grammar : Noun
Spell : landz-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlændz mən



Définition of landsman

  • As in countryman : noun person from one's country
Example sentences :
  • HALL is a landsman, and therefore the proper man to send in search of land.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • Madden realized he was seeing what every landsman dreams of seeing: a naval battle.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Shall I appoint a mariner to be skipper of my vessel, or a landsman?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • It was a daring act; so daring that, landsman as I was, I deemed it almost foolhardy.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • These are the stock-in-trade of the landsman; they were too real for the sailor to sing about.
  • Extract from : « The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties » by Richard Runciman Terry
  • He was—let this excuse be made for him—a landsman, comparatively new to the Islands.
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • And, being by profession a sailor, I may be able to do much that a landsman could not.
  • Extract from : « Dick Leslie's Luck » by Harry Collingwood
  • A trick upon a landsman, generally performed in a guard-ship.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • A fine paid by a youngster or landsman on first mounting the top.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

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