Landsman

Synonyms for "landsman" (4 found)

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Related words (2)

Noun(1 words)

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similar

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Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἠπειρώτης noun (the opposite of a seaman)

Danish

1 entries
  • landkrabbe noun (the opposite of a seaman)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אִישׁ יַבָּשָׁה noun (the opposite of a seaman)
  • יַבָּשְׁתָּן noun (the opposite of a seaman)
  • עַכְבַּר יָבָּשָׁה noun (the opposite of a seaman)

Portuguese

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  • campônio noun (the opposite of a seaman)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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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.

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If the landsman should wish the gang-plank moved a foot farther forward, he would probably say: “James, or William, one of you push that plank forward, please”; but put the mate in his place, and he would roar out: “Here, now, start that gang-plank for'ard! Lively, now! What're you about!..."

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When I returned again to life, the same uproar, the same confused and violent movements, shook and deafened me; and presently, to my other pains and distresses, there was added the sickness of an unused landsman on the sea.

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I’ve noticed that these landsmen, nine times out of ten, haven’t the least notion whether the tide’s in or out or where it is.

Source: wiktionary

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