[landz-muh
n] 
| 1. | Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land. |
| 2. | an inexperienced sailor or one who has not been to sea before. |
[lahnts-muhn] [lahnts-lahyt] , English. lands⋅men. Yiddish. | a person from the same town, geographical area, region, etc., as another; compatriot. |
| lands·leit (länts'līt') n. Plural of landsman2. [Yiddish landslayt, from Middle High German lantsliute, natives, compatriots : lant, land; see landsman2 + liute, pl. of liut, person, people (from Old High German; see leudh- in Indo-European roots).] |
| lands·man 2 (länts'mən) n. pl. lands·leit (-līt') A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe. [Yiddish, from Middle High German lantsman, countryman : lant, land (from Old High German; see lendh- in Indo-European roots) + man, man (from Old High German; see man-1 in Indo-European roots).] |