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Landman   /lˈændmən/   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



... state of torture. The proximity of that awful element the surface of which marks the limits of the one element in which man is capable of living, forces upon the mind thoughts of death and destruction; all the more so since the water's tricks seem so incalculable to the landman that he sees danger where there actually is none. Another thing hard for the man accustomed to unhampered movement to bear is the close confinement. All at once he loses his illusion of freedom of will. ...
— Atlantis • Gerhart Hauptmann
... be is no concern of mine," answered the merchant. "Some viking's brat, it may be; for he has the viking spirit in him, and the salt of the sea is in his veins. No landman can tame him. As to his name, if ever he had one, 'tis certain he has none now, and is only known as Reasthrall, for he is the thrall of ...
— Olaf the Glorious - A Story of the Viking Age • Robert Leighton


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