landman
[ land-muhn, -man ]
noun,plural land·men [land-muhn, -men]. /ˈlænd mən, -ˌmɛn/.
a person who bargains with landowners for the mineral rights to their land, as on behalf of an oil company.
Origin of landman
1usage note For landman
See -man.
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How to use landman in a sentence
And our landmen also are coming back, being almost starved in that poor country.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThey call us landmen,—say We must have feet on ground ere we can fight.
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays | Olive Tilford DarganBefore leaving Eirik summoned all his Landmen and the larger bondis to meet him.
Grettir The Strong | UnknownThey voted forty thousand seamen, and sixty-two thousand five hundred landmen, for the service of the current year.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. | Tobias SmollettThey see more of the world, and have, most of them, a more erudite education than is the portion of landmen of their degree.
The Works of Henry Fielding; vol. xi | Henry Fielding
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