Etymology

lantzman

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Today it means: A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker. Full definition →

Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromלאַנדסמאַן
  2. English todaylantzman

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Doublet of landsman.

Words from the same roots

Yiddishלאַנדסמאַן all →

landsman

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