English Explanatory Dictionary

lodesman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pilot; navigator.

Word forms

lodesman lodesmen loadsman lodeman loadman

Etymology

From Middle English lodesman, lodesmon, lodysman (“pilot”, literally “lode's or course's man”), alteration of earlier lodeman, from Old English lādmann (“a leader, guide”), equivalent to lode (“way, course”) + -s- + man. Compare to lodemanage.

Derived words

lodemanage loadmanage lodemanship lodesmanship
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