English Explanatory Dictionary

landsmanshaft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mutual aid society or benefit society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.

Word forms

landsmanshaft landsmanshafts landsmanshaftn landsmanschaft

Etymology

From Yiddish [Term?]; compare German Landsmannschaft.

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