# lantzman

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
2. A countryman, cohort or sympathizer.
3. A man respected in the community for his wisdom or knowledge of Torah and Jewish teachings.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Doublet of landsman.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lantzman