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What is a landsman?

What is a landsman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
  2. (oil and gas industry) 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, nautical) A military rank given to naval recruits
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A trick upon a landsman, generally performed in a guard-ship.
According to him there had been captains among these coves and islets compared with whom Drake was practically a landsman.
And, indeed, to a landsman the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mould.
The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension.
He glanced over at Cyril as he spoke, glad to see that the landsman was still standing straighter than usual.
Remember that it is a flagrant landsman who is telling you this tale.

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