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Landman   Listen
noun
Landman  n.  (pl. landmen)  
1.
A man who lives or serves on land; opposed to seaman.
2.
(Eng.) An occupier of land.





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"Landman" Quotes from Famous Books



... prince; though, to be sure, he is a little humoursome, and swears roundily, though I'll be sworn he means no more harm than a sucking babe. Lord have mercy upon us! he's been a great warrior in his time, and lost an eye and a heel in the service. Then he does not live like any other Christian landman; but keeps garrison in his house, as if he were in the midst of his enemies, and makes his servants turn out in the night, watch and watch, as he calls it, all the year round. His habitation is defended by a ditch, over which he has laid a drawbridge, and planted his court-yard ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.


Words linked to "Landman" :   dweller, landlubber, habitant, inhabitant, denizen, indweller, landsman


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