landsman

Example Sentences

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She married a landsman, who became a diamond merchant; in the early nineteen-fifties, the couple resettled in the Bronx, and some fifteen years later, as empty-nesters, they went back to Israel.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 8, 2017

He had the tolerance of a landsman, the faith that comes with witnessing the changing seasons year in and year out.

From Time • Jul. 25, 2012

After this extensive list of deficiencies, the best thing the ordinary landsman can find to say about the fleet is, "Well, it floats."

From Time Magazine Archive

Joe Coomer is another sort of adventurer, a landsman who falls in love with a 60-year-old, 28-ft. wooden motor launch with a short mast and a steadying sail.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Whitby had likely assumed that I was a landsman to him, provided Frankie hadn’t told him that outright.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros