lodesman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pilot; navigator. historical
    — 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.

词形变化

lodesmen plural loadsman alternative lodeman alternative loadman alternative

词源

From Middle English lodesman, lodesmon, lodysman (“pilot”, literally “lode's or course's man”), alteration of earlier lodeman, from Old English lādmann (“a leader, guide”), equivalent to lode (“way, course”) + -s- + man. Compare to lodemanage.
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