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noun a person who lives and works on land
noun an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
originFrom land + -s- + man. In meanings 3 and 4, influenced by Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Compare also German Landsmann, Norwegian landsmann. Doublet of lantzman.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0