Definitions for Landsman

Landsman lands·man

Spelling: [landz-muh n]
IPA: /ˈlændz mən/

Landsman is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in Landsman (aadlmnns).

Definitions for Landsman

noun

  1. Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
  2. an inexperienced sailor or one who has not been to sea before.
  3. a person from the same town, geographical area, region, etc., as another; compatriot.

Origin of Landsman

before 1000 for sense “native”; Middle English landes man, londes man, Old English landes mann; see land, 's1, -m

Examples for Landsman

Shall I appoint a mariner to be skipper of my vessel, or a landsman?

HALL is a landsman, and therefore the proper man to send in search of land.

A trick upon a landsman, generally performed in a guard-ship.

It was a daring act; so daring that, landsman as I was, I deemed it almost foolhardy.

He was—let this excuse be made for him—a landsman, comparatively new to the Islands.

These are the stock-in-trade of the landsman; they were too real for the sailor to sing about.

And, being by profession a sailor, I may be able to do much that a landsman could not.

A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.

Madden realized he was seeing what every landsman dreams of seeing: a naval battle.

A fine paid by a youngster or landsman on first mounting the top.

Word Value for Landsman
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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