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Leadsmen vs Leadsman - What's the difference?

leadsmen | leadsman |

As nouns the difference between leadsmen and leadsman

is that leadsmen is while leadsman is (obsolete) (l) (a (l) or (l)) or leadsman can be (nautical) a (l) who takes with a (l), measuring the depth of water.

leadsmen

English

Noun

(head)

    • leadsman

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) ; equivalent to leads (the genitive form of lead: “a leading”, “a directing”, “a guiding”) + man.

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (leadsmen)
  • (obsolete) (l) (a (l) or (l))

    • References

    * “ †Leadsman¹]” listed on page 145 of volume VI, part 1 (L, M) of '' [1st ed., 1908]
    ??†Leadsman'''¹.?''Obs.''?[f. ''leads'', genitive of Lead ''sb.''² + Man.]?A guide, = Lodesman.?[¶?''c'' '''1510''' ''Gest R. Hode'' vii. 369 in Child ''Ballads'' (1888) III. 74/1, I wyll be your ledës-man, And lede you the way.?'''1598 Barret ''Theor. Warres     29 They find their leadsman before them in their due distance. * “ †leadsman¹]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 2

    leads (the genitive form of lead: “heavy base metal” = the (etyl) plumbum) + man

    Noun

    (leadsmen)
  • (nautical) A (l) who takes with a (l), measuring the depth of water.

    • See also

    * (l) * (l)

    References

    * “ Leadsman²]” listed on page 145 of volume VI, part 1 (L, M) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1908]
    ??Leadsman ²?().?[f. gen. of Lead ''sb.     ¹ + Man.]?The man who ‘heaves’ the lead in taking soundings.?[¶; 4 quots.: 1857, 1867, 1875, 1891 * “ leadsman²]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989