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Easterling

East'er-ling, n.

noun

n. 1. A native of some country eastward of another; — especially used, by the English, of traders or other persons from the coasts of the Baltic.

Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed.

Sense 2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Wright.

Sense 3. A species of water-fowl. Johnson.

East'er-ling, a.

adjective

Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See STERLING.