easterling

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noun

A native of the East; an Easterner.

OriginDutch oosterling →
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Meanings

easterling1

nouneasterling (plural easterlings)

plural easterlings

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Easterling.

Easterling2

nounEasterling (plural Easterlings)

plural Easterlings

  1. historicalA native of the East; an Easterner.
  2. UKhistoricalA Baltic trader.

    And that most greeued [grieved] them, the Easterlings being at libertie, brought to the realme such wares as they were woont, so serued their customers throughout the realme.

    1587, Raphael Holinshed, “Henrie the Seuenth”, in Holinshed's Chronicles of England in Six Volumes. Vol. III. England, London: J. Johnson, page 508
proper noun
  1. An English surname

Origin

  1. Dutchoosterling
  2. EnglishEasterling

Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling. Compare sterling.

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APA

easterling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easterling

MLA

“easterling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easterling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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