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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