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 [land-muhn, -man]  

land·man

   [land-muhn, -man]
noun, plural -men  [-muhn, -men] .
1.
landsman (def. 1).
2.
leaseman.
3.
a person who bargains with landowners for the mineral rights to their land, as on behalf of an oil company.
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English landmann. See land, man1

Usage note
See -man.

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landman

noun
a person who lives and works on land [syn: landlubber] 
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