different between landsman vs seaman

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English seman, from Old English s?mann, equivalent to sea +? -man. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?m?n/
• Rhymes: -i?m?n
• Homophones: seamen, semen

Noun

seaman (plural seamen)

1. A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
2. (Britain, Navy) A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
3. (US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
4. A merman; the male of the mermaid.
   • , Book III

     not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men

Coordinate terms

• seawoman

Related terms

• AB
• able seaman
• able-bodied seaman
• ordinary seaman

Translations

See also

• seaman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Samean, amanse