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easterling

easterling is the alternative letter-case form of Easterling.

Noun capitalized: Easterling

Easterling (plural Easterlings)

  1. (historical) A native of the East; an Easterner.
  2. (UK, historical) A 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 capitalized: Easterling

Easterling

  1. An English surname

Forms of easterling

pluraleasterlings
pluralEasterlings

Origin of easterling

Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling. Compare sterling.

Questions about easterling

What does easterling mean?
Easterling means a native of the East; an Easterner.
What is easterling the alternative letter-case form of?
Easterling is the alternative letter-case form of Easterling.
What part of speech is easterling?
Easterling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of easterling?
The plural of easterling is easterlings.

Words near easterling in the dictionary

  1. Eastering
  2. easterlies
  3. Easterlike
  4. Easterlin paradox
  5. easterliness
  6. easterling
  7. easterlings
  8. easterly
  9. Easterlys
  10. Eastermonth
  11. eastermost

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Adapted from Wiktionary: easterling (page history and authors); Easterling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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