different between landman vs sandman

English

Alternative forms

• landsman

Etymology

land +? -man

Noun

landman (plural landmen)

1. Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman.
2. In the United States, a person involved in determining, transferring, or managing mineral rights, to include oil (petroleum) and natural gas exploration, development, and production.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lantman. Equivalent to land +? man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?nt.m?n/
• Hyphenation: land?man

Noun

landman m (plural landmannen, diminutive landmannetje n)

1. farmer

   Synonyms: boer, bouwman

English

Etymology

From sand +? -man. The mythological sense may be from German Sandmann, Sandmännchen, as it is apparently first attested in English in the context of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s novella The Sandman (1816). The German is attested in the relevant sense since at least the mid-18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sænd.mæn/

Noun

sandman (plural sandmen)

1. (folklore) A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. [from early 19th c.]
   • 1827, "On the Supernatural in Composition; and particularly on the Works of Ernest Theodore William Hoffman", Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 11, page 458.

2. Used as a symbol of the passage of time toward death. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete) A seller of sand.
   • 1811, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, Henry Mozley (publ.), page 114.

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