pl.n. Fellow Jews who come from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe. [Yiddish landslayt, from Middle High German lantsliute, natives, compatriots : lant, land; see LANDSMAN2 + liute, pl. of liut, person, people (from Old High German; see leudh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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