EASTERLING

Etymology

Noun

Easterling (plural Easterlings)

(historical) A native of the East; an Easterner.

(historical, Britain) A Baltic trader.

An English surname

Anagrams

• generalist

Adjective

easterling (plural easterlings)

Alternative letter-case form of Easterling

Anagrams

• generalist

Source: Wiktionary


East"er*ling, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The smew.

East"er*ling, a.

Definition: Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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