"landman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: landmen [plural]
Etymology: land + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|land|man}} land + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|landmen}} landman (plural landmen)
  1. Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman.
    Sense id: en-landman-en-noun-wZwHmutb
  2. In the United States, a person involved in determining, transferring, or managing mineral rights, to include oil (petroleum) and natural gas exploration, development, and production. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-landman-en-noun--n-lIXE4 Disambiguation of People: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: landsman

Inflected forms

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