landsman noun². ['lɒntsmɒn] Pl. landsleit ['lɒntslʌɪt]. M20.
[Yiddish, from Middle High German lantsman, lantman a native: cf. LANDMAN.]
Among Jews: a fellow Jew; a compatriot.

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landsman noun¹. ['lan(d)zmǝn] Pl. -men. OE.
[from LAND noun¹ + -'S¹ + MAN noun.]
1. a. A native of a particular country. OE-LME.
b. A fellow-countryman. L16.

2. A person living or working on land as opp. to a seaman; (obsolete exc. Hist.) a sailor on his first sea voyage. M17.

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