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English
Etymology
Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling. Compare sterling.
Noun
Easterling (plural Easterlings)
- (historical) A native of the East; an Easterner.
- (historical, British) A Baltic trader.
1587, Raphael Holinshed, “Henrie the Seuenth”, in Holinshed's Chronicles of England in Six Volumes. Vol. III. England, London: J. Johnson, page 508: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.
Proper noun
Easterling
- An English surname
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