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landman

/land-muhn, -man/US // ˈlænd mən, -ˌmæn //

兰德曼,矿工,园丁,矿工人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural land·men [land-muhn, -men]. /ˈlænd mən, -ˌmɛn/.

    • : landsman.
    • : leaseman.
    • : a person who bargains with landowners for the mineral rights to their land, as on behalf of an oil company.

Examples

  • Beth Landman on the perils of mixing dental work and daddy issues.

  • Two of my adjutants—Pieter Hugo and Landman—had remained with me.

  • But what will you say when I tell you that the landman in question is no other than my brother?

  • The name of the Landman who lived in the island was Thorfinn.

  • The other was William Powell, an Irish landman, who was slightly wounded in the buttock.

  • High′lander, High′landman, an inhabitant of a mountainous region; High′-low, a high shoe fastened with a leather thong in front.