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noun
A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
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noun
A countryman, cohort or sympathizer.
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noun
A man respected in the community for his wisdom or knowledge of Torah and Jewish teachings.
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History
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Doublet of landsman.
