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landsman definition

lands·man (landz′mən)

noun pl. landsmen -·men (-mən)

  1. a person who lives on land

  2. Etymology: partly via Yiddish < MHG lantsman, for earlier lantman < OHG < lant, land + man, man

    a fellow countryman; compatriot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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