landsman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. 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. A military rank given to naval recruits. obsolete

词形变化

landsmen plural landman alternative

词源

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