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lantzman

lantzman noun: a fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.

Noun

lantzman (plural lantzmen)

  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.

Forms of lantzman

plurallantzmen

Origin of lantzman

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

Questions about lantzman

What does lantzman mean?
Lantzman means a fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
What part of speech is lantzman?
Lantzman is a noun.
What is the plural of lantzman?
The plural of lantzman is lantzmen.

Words near lantzman in the dictionary

  1. lantum
  2. lantums
  3. Lantungan
  4. Lantz
  5. Lantzes
  6. lantzman
  7. lantzmen
  8. Lantzy
  9. Lantzys
  10. lanuginose
  11. lanuginosely

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