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lodesmen

lodesmen is the plural of lodesman.

Meaning of lodesman

Noun

lodesman (plural lodesmen)

  1. (historical) A pilot; navigator.
    • River and harbor pilotage, in English maritime affairs, is called loadmanage, from loadsman or lodesman, a kind of pilot established for the safe conduct of ships and vessels in and out of harbors, or up and down navigable rivers.2009, Erastus C. Benedict, The American Admiralty

Questions about lodesmen

What is lodesmen the plural of?
Lodesmen is the plural of lodesman.

Words near lodesmen in the dictionary

  1. lodes
  2. Lodeses
  3. lodeship
  4. lodeships
  5. lodesman
  6. lodesmen
  7. lodestar
  8. lodestars
  9. lodestone
  10. lodestones
  11. lodestuff

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