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loodsman.

pilot, expert who helps navigate to the harbor or coast

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. pilot, expert who helps navigate to the harbor or coast

    masculine
  2. guide

    broadly · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lodesman, from Old English lādmann (“guide”). The first part lād (“journey”), from Proto-Germanic *laidō, the second part mann (“man”), from Proto-Germanic *mann-. In modern usage, the word is commonly analysed as loods + man, but the word loods is historically a back-formation from this word.

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