Landsider

Quick meaning: Landsider is a noun meaning (chiefly science fiction or fantasy) Someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space).

Meaning

(chiefly science fiction or fantasy) Someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space).

Example Sentences

Not a man I'd trust alone with her, you understand. Not a man I trust entirely on anything—too involved with the landsiders, the traders, the political people.

What else but the quest for knowledge would tempt a sane person away from a comfortable home? What else would persuade a landsider to take to the ocean, except the chance of getting to meet more strangers in a shorter time?

He wanted to stop at Petra's bunk and tell her about his home, about what his birthdays were usually like, just tell her it was his birthday so she'd say something about it being a happy one. But nobody told birthdays. It was childish. It was what landsiders did.

It is easy for the landsider to forget that seafarers came in many disguises. We tend to think of officers and ratings — deck sailors. We might, if pricked, think about the engine room crew — who with the onset of oil, then diesel, just kept on shrinking per ship.

Word Forms

• landsiders

Synonyms for landsider

Depending on context, synonyms include groundsider, dirtsider.

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