different between jew vs landsman

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?u?/
• Homophones: Jew, dew
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

Transferred use of Jew.

Alternative forms

• Jew

Verb

jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)

1. (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.

Related terms

• jew down
• kike

Noun

jew (plural jews)

1. (Australia) The jewfish. [from 19th c.]
   • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:

     The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

Etymology 2

Phrase

jew

1. Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
2. Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.

Anagrams

• jwé

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (?aw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?w/

Conjunction

jew

1. or
2. else

English

Alternative forms

• landman

Etymology

From land +? -s- +? man. In meanings 3 and 4, influenced by Yiddish ??????????? (landsman). Compare also German Landsmann, Norwegian landsmann. Doublet of lantzman.

Noun

landsman (plural landsmen)

1. The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
2. (oil and gas 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, nautical) A military rank given to naval recruits

Coordinate terms

• (opposite of a seaman): landlubber

Translations

Anagrams

• Landmans

Swedish

Etymology

From land +? -s- +? man.

Noun

landsman c (feminine: landsmaninna)

1. a compatriot, a countryman

Declension