landsman

Meaning

1. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
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. (obsolete) A military rank given to naval recruits

Opposite of

seaman

Synonyms

landlubber

lubber

landman

fellow-countryman

landlubberly

lubberly

countryman

compatriot

Translations

terraiuolo

αγρότης

πατριώτης

στεριανός

terrien

الفلّاح

denizci olmayan kimse

Landbewohner

Landratte

marinaio d’acqua dolce

landrot

Etymology

Cognate with German: Landsmann

Cognate with Norwegian: landsmann

In summary

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