Definition of Lodesman

1. n. Same as Loadsman.

Definition of Lodesman

1. Noun. (obsolete form of loadsman) ¹

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Definition of Lodesman

1. a pilot [n LODESMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lodesman

locutions
locutories
locutory
lod
lod method
lod score
lodde
loddon pondweed
lode
lodemanage
loden
lodens
lodes
lodeship
lodeships
lodesman (current term)
lodesmen
lodestar
lodestars
lodestone
lodestones
lodge
lodge in
lodge pole
lodgeable
lodged
lodgement
lodgements
lodgepole
lodgepole pine

Literary usage of Lodesman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1896)
"... quele lodesman par [deus iours ?] ' apres s'enfuit de dite Nief. Sur quoi le dit mestre vint a les ..."

2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... a pilot, guide ; ' lodesman of a shippe, Pilotte', Palsgrave ; 'A lodes-man', ... ME. lodesman, pilot (Chaucer ..."

3. Depositions and Other Ecclesiastical Proceedings from the Courts of Durham by Church of England Diocese of Durham, James Raine (1845)
"... lodesman, partem agentem, ex una, ... lodesman ... Laxe prefato Anthonio lodesman in uxorem, ..."

4. Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Dictionarius Anglo-latinus Princeps by Galfridus, British Museum (1843)
"lodesman generally dignifies the leader of a ship,—a pilot, as the term ¡8 used by Chaucer, Legend of Hip- ..."

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