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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Landsman
Description: Landsman is a noun that refers to a person who emigrated from the same place.
Our word of the day comes from Old English. It has been commonly used in Yiddish culture to describe anyone of a similar background. Here’s an example:
My grandfather didn’t know who to trust when he first arrived in his new nation, so he made friends with others from his old region. His best friend became a landsman named Dominick.