landsman
IPA: ɫˈændzmʌn
noun
- A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
- (oil and gas industry) A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners.
- A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe
- Someone of a similar heritage or belief system
- (obsolete, nautical) A military rank given to naval recruits
- A surname.
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Examples of "landsman" in Sentences
- Bethink yourself well on it, landsman
- Landsman gave a eulogy for Cole at the wake.
- Landsman continues with a tour of the department.
- Landsman started studying the violin at age five.
- Landsman is not above getting involved in politics.
- Landsman contacts an American newsman with the story.
- Jay Landsman is a retired homicide detective and actor.
- And I thought I was safe in the hands of a landsman like you.
- Also see my comment below for the merged Jay Landsman article.
- Landsman notes that the man was shot in the back of the head execution style.
- Bunk delivers a report to Landsman that is placed straight into a desk drawer.
- "Because he was one of us, landsman, son of the same soil, a member of the tribe."
- When I'm in the States and I hear someone speaking French with a Quebecois accent I want to yell out "landsman" even though my French is pretty terrible.
- In a moment the decks were in commotion, Johansen bellowing orders and the men pulling or letting go ropes of various sorts — all naturally confusing to a landsman such as myself.
- A former slave from Virginia, he enlisted in the Navy as a landsman, but would sadly have little time to enjoy his freedom before sacrificing his life in the service of his country.
- Repeatedly, she appears in tight domestic spaces (chopping vegetables with fury, building a table), as she sorts through Chesapeake's offers, via a "landsman" who chooses to remain anonymously blurred during "negotiations.
- 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.
- Kydd is the only major fictional nautical hero not born to the sea-faring life; in the real world, a pressed landsman who rose to captain in the Nelsonian era would be a remarkable creature indeed, and this should be the key to his character.
- a staunch sea-boat in rough weather, for she could tumble about as much as she pleased without causing much damage to her timbers or risk of her stability; and this roominess, besides, allowed good accommodation aft for a large number of passengers, although in this instance I was the single solitary "landsman" aboard -- that is, if a young shaver of thirteen can be dignified with such a high-sounding title!