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leadsman¹

  • /ˈliːdz.mən/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English ledes-man (“a military commander”, “a general”); equivalent to leads (the genitive form of lead: “a leading”, “a directing”, “a guiding”) + man.

noun leadsmen · ledës-man

  1. obsolete lodesman (a leader or guide)

leadsman²

  • /ˈlɛdzmən/ UK

Where it comes from

From (genitive form of) lead (“heavy metal; Pb”) + man.

noun leadsmen

  1. A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water. In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead, and, finding it directly take the ground, he, in his fright, called out, ‘There's only three fathom.’

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noun Seaman taking soundings with a hand lead

עבריתאִישׁ חֶבֶל הָאֲנָךְ ísh khével ha'anákh

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"leadsman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/leadsman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"leadsman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/leadsman.

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@misc{leadsman_2026,
  title = {leadsman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leadsman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}