Synonyms of landsman

landsman

noun

ˈlan(d)z-mən 

as in citizen

a person living in or originally from the same country as another

during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citizen
• countryman
• compatriot
• national
• patriot
• nationalist
• resident
• countrywoman
• native
• subject
• aborigine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alien
• foreigner
• outsider
• immigrant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of landsman

Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board. — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023

Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward. — New York Times, 17 June 2022

This seems more like a landsman’s longing, for rain to fall on fields and fertilise them. — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017