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landsider

landsider noun: someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space).

Noun

landsider (plural landsiders)

  1. Someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space).
    • What else but the quest for knowledge would tempt a sane person away from a comfortable home? What else would persuade a landsider to take to the ocean, except the chance of getting to meet more strangers in a shorter time?1983, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 103
    • He wanted to stop at Petra's bunk and tell her about his home, about what his birthdays were usually like, just tell her it was his birthday so she'd say something about it being a happy one. But nobody told birthdays. It was childish. It was what landsiders did.1985, Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game, London: Century Publishing, →ISBN, page 101

Examples of landsider in a sentence

  • The way I hear tell, you landsider don't favor fish odor too much.1987, Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 82:
  • Not a man I trust entirely on anything—too involved with the landsiders, the traders, the political people.1988, Thomas T[hurston] Thomas, An Honorable Defense, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 108:
  • It is easy for the landsider to forget that seafarers came in many disguises.1993, Tim Madge, Long Voyage Home: True Stories From Britain's Twilight Maritime Years, London […]: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 146:

Synonyms of landsider

Forms of landsider

plurallandsiders

Origin of landsider

From landside + -er.

Questions about landsider

What does landsider mean?
Landsider means someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space).
How do you use landsider in a sentence?
The way I hear tell, you landsider don't favor fish odor too much.
What part of speech is landsider?
Landsider is a noun.
What is the plural of landsider?
The plural of landsider is landsiders.

Words near landsider in the dictionary

  1. landships
  2. Landshut
  3. landsick
  4. landsickness
  5. landside
  6. landsider
  7. landsiders
  8. landsides
  9. landsite
  10. landsites
  11. landskap

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