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LEADSMAN

Definition: LEADSMAN

LEADSMAN

Noun

1. The man who heaves the lead.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "LEADSMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)



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Crosswords: LEADSMAN

English words defined with "LEADSMAN": Leadsmen. (references)

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Photo Album: LEADSMAN

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Hydrographic survey operations on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BACHE. Note two officers with sextants observing horizontal angles and leadsman in the sounding barrel.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: LEADSMAN

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Not explore the whole, not study the whole, stop by the way, why? To stop is the part of the lead and not of the leadsman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: LEADSMAN

Language Translations for "LEADSMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

szondázó. (various references)

   

Manx

  

fer leoaie, feiyeyder (dawdler, lingerer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadsmanlay

   

Russian 

  

лотовой. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mornar koji baca visak. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thuỷ thủ dò nước. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: LEADSMAN

Misspellings

"LEADSMAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Laudesman, Leashman, Ludemann, Meadsman. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LEADSMAN"

Words rhyming with "LEADSMAN" (pronounced 'Leads"man'): Airman, Almsman, Artsman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Coachman, Cogman, Copeman, Cousin-german, Cracksman, Craftsman, Cragsman, Dalesman, Daysman, Deathsman, Desman, Dodman, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draftsman, Dragman, Draughtsman, Drayman, Dustman, Dutchman, Exciseman, Expressman, fireman, Firman, Flagman, Flyman, foeman, footman, Foreman, Forgeman, freedman, Freeman, Frenchman, freshman, Gabelleman, Gadsman, Gateman, Gleeman, Goman, Goodman, Greco-Roman, Griman, groomsman, guardsman, Hackman, HANGMAN, headman, headsman, helmsman, henchman, Henxman, Hetman, hodman, Hoodman, Horseman, Hoyman, huntsman, iceman, inhuman, Jackman, Kinsman, Kirkman, Krooman, Laceman, Lademan, landman, landsman, layman, Leadman, Leetman, Leman, Lemman, liegeman, Lightman, Liman, lineman, lockman, Logman, Lopeman, Loresman, madman, maltman, Marchman, Markman, marksman, Meresman, Merman, milkman, Mintman, Mootman, Newsman, Nightman, Norseman, Northman, Oarsman, Oilman, Othman, Packman, Passman, Patrolman, Penman, Pieman, Pitman, Placeman, Plainsman, Pleaseman, Pointsman, Policeman, Portman, Postman, Potman, Preachman, Preterhuman, Privateersman, Prizeman, Proseman, Questman, Raftsman, Ranchman, Ringman, Rodsman, roundsman, salesman, Sandman, Sayman, Sceneman, Schoolman, Scotsman, Scytheman, seedman, seedsman, selectman, shaman, Shearman, Shipman, Shopman, showman, sidesman, Sightsman, Silkman, Sitheman, Skyman, Socman, Sokeman, Spaeman, Spearman, Spoilsman, spokesman, sportsman, Staffman, Staithman, Stallman, statesman, steersman, Sternsman, stockman, superhuman, Surfman, switchman, Swordman, swordsman, Tacksman, Talesman, Textman, Tidesman, Tillman, Tineman, Tinman, Toftman, tollman, Topman, Topsman, townsman, Toyman, Trackman, tradesman, Transhuman, Tripeman, Truchman, Truckman, Trudgeman, Tubman, Tupman, Turfman, unhuman, Verseman, Viceman, Wardsman, Watchman, Wealsman, Welchman, Welshman, Whaleman, Wheelman, Woodman, Woolman, Wordsman, Workman, Yachtman, Yachtsman, Yeman, Yeoman, Yuman. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LEADSMAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dalesman.

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-l-m-n-s"

-1 letter: anadems, leadman, maenads.

-2 letters: alands, amends, anadem, damans, damsel, desman, elands, ladens, lameds, lemans, maenad, medals, menads, mensal, naleds, sandal, seaman, sendal.

-3 letters: adman, admen, aland, alane, alans, almas, almes, amend, amens, anlas, ansae, dales, daman, dames, damns, deals, deans, eland, elans, laden, lades, lamas, lamed, lames, lands, lanes, lased, leads, leans, leman, lends, males, manas, maned, manes, manse, meads, meals, means, medal, melds, menad, mends, mensa, nadas, naled, named, names, nasal, nemas, salad, saned, sedan.

-4 letters: aals, alae, alan, alas, ales, alma, alme, alms, amas, amen, anal, anas, ands, anes, ansa, asea, dale, dals, dame, damn, dams, deal, dean, dels, dens, elan, elds, elms, ends, lade, lads, lama, lame, lams, land, lane, lase, lead, lean, leas, lend, lens, made, mads, maes, male, mana, mane, mans, mead, meal, mean, meld, mels, mend, mesa, nada, name, nema, sade, sale, same, sand, sane, seal, seam, send, slam, sled, sned.

-5 letters: aal, aas, ads, ala, ale, als, ama, ana, and, ane, dal, dam, del, den, eds, eld, elm, els, ems, end, ens, lad, lam, las, lea, led, mad, mae, man, mas, med, mel, men, nae, nam, sad, sae, sal, sea, sel, sen.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-l-m-n-s"
 

+1 letter: magdalens.

 

+2 letters: allemandes, almandines, almandites, dreamlands, landmasses, magdalenes, manhandles, montadales, nialamides, salamander.

 

+3 letters: calamanders, delaminates, mainlanders, meadowlands, mediastinal, misbalanced, salamanders, transdermal, unashamedly.

 

+4 letters: adjustmental, anecdotalism, candelabrums, damnableness, declamations, fundamentals, salamandrine.

 

+5 letters: administrable, admirableness, anecdotalisms, decalcomanias, delaminations, maladjustment, maladminister, maladroitness, mistranslated, scandalmonger, somnambulated, sulfanilamide, unassimilated, underclassman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LEADSMAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 45 41 44 53 4D 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .    .-    -..    ...    --    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01000101 01000001 01000100 01010011 01001101 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#83 &#77 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0045 0041 0044 0053 004D 0041 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4639353853473548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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