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Meanings of
landsman
in English
An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.
lubber
landlubber
landman
Usage of
landsman
in English
1
This was a civilian, a
landsman
,
who needed the information, and urgently.
2
He was a nondescript who had joined the ship as a
landsman
.
3
The man had sharp eyes, for a
landsman
could have seen nothing.
4
Not even I,
landsman
as I was, could mistake what I saw.
5
Luckily for England, Philip was a
landsman
,
no soldier, and very slow.
6
Very tall and broad-shouldered, self-confident: probably the
landsman
's
idea of a frigate captain.
7
The Jasper B. had seen better days; even a
landsman
could tell that.
8
A
landsman
might think that medley reigned supreme; but it was not so.
9
The Captain knew it also, and no
landsman
would have possessed the knowledge.
10
The
landsman
's
ideal of the English sailor, the Heart of Oak.
11
The technique of submarine-chasing and dodging would be dry reading to a
landsman
.
12
And his thought came back to reassure the more clumsy
landsman
.
13
A seaman does a thing before a
landsman
thinks about it.
14
Neither would a
landsman
take command of a ship without misgivings.
15
He had one great advantage over a
landsman
who has committed a crime.
16
This fish story has several rather astonishing features-atleast to an inexperienced
landsman
.
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About this term
landsman
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
young landsman
mere landsman
average landsman
inexperienced landsman
marry a landsman
More collocations
Landsman
through the time
Landsman
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common