Easterling

English

Etymology

Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling. Compare sterling.

Noun

Easterling (plural Easterlings)

1. (historical) A native of the East; an Easterner.
2. (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

1. An English surname

Anagrams

• generalist