单词 | landswoman |
释义 | landswomann. A woman accustomed to live mainly or entirely on the land; one skilled in land-work. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > land-dweller landman1480 landsman1667 land-loper1694 landlubber1752 landswoman1837 shoreman1888 Hampstead Heath sailor1889 1837 Penny Mag. 14 Oct. 398/1 The scene is presented exactly as it appeared to the eye and imagination of a landswoman. 1891 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Prisoners & Captives III. viii. 144 The strangeness of a landswoman to all things maritime. 1923 Weekly Dispatch 1 Apr. 7 Miss Ford might be described as ‘the complete landswoman’. She can milk, do anything with horses, and do field tasks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1837 |
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