landsleit

(läntslīt′)

plural noun sing. landsman

fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself

Origin: Yiddish

See landsleit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Plural of landsman2.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish landslayt

Origin: , from Middle High German lantsliute, natives, compatriots

Origin: : lant, land; see landsman 2

Origin: + liute

Origin: , pl. of liut, person, people (from Old High German; see leudh- in Indo-European roots)

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