About The Word Easterling
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Easterling
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What's The Definition Of Easterling?Synonyms | Synonyms for Easterling: Related Terms | Find terms related to Easterling: See Also | Easterling In Webster's Dictionary \East"er*ling\, n. [Cf. {Sterling}.]
1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the
English, of traders or others from the coasts of the
Baltic.
Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . .
Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.
--Holinshed.
2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of
England. --Crabb.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The smew.
\East"er*ling\, a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See {Sterling}. |
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