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SYLLABICATION:lands·man
PRONUNCIATION:  läntsmn
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. lands·leit (-lt)
A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe.
ETYMOLOGY:Yiddish, from Middle High German lantsman, countryman : lant, land (from Old High German; see lendh- in Appendix I) + man, man (from Old High German; see man-1 in Appendix I).
 
 
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  landsman1 Landsteiner, Karl  
 
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