English Explanatory Dictionary

lantzman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
  2. A countryman, cohort or sympathizer.
  3. A man respected in the community for his wisdom or knowledge of Torah and Jewish teachings.

Word forms

lantzman lantzmen

Etymology

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

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