"leadsman" meaning in English

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        "(obsolete) lodesman (a leader or guide)"
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      "enpr": "lēdzʹmən",
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          "ref": "1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 205",
          "text": "In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead, and, finding it directly take the ground, he, in his fright, called out, ‘There's only three fathom.’"
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        "(nautical) A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water."
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          "roman": "ísh khével ha'anákh",
          "sense": "Seaman taking soundings with a hand lead",
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        "(nautical) A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water."
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