landsmen

Noun

landsman (plural landsmen)

1. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
   • So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Leg and Arm. The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...

   Antonyms:

   seaman

2. (oil industry) A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners.
3. A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe.
4. Someone of a similar heritage or belief system.
5. (obsolete) A military rank given to naval recruits.

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