Found 1 items, similar to Easterling.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Easterling Easterling \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. [1913 Webster] Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. --Crabb. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The smew. [1913 Webster] Easterling \East"er*ling\, a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. [1913 Webster]