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Varangians

Varangians is the plural of Varangian.

Meaning of Varangian

Noun

Varangian (plural Varangians)

  1. (historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.
    Synonyms:
    Varyag
  2. (historical) A member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.
    • The Byzantines continued to recruit elite warriors from the north, not merely from Rus’ but directly from far-off Scandinavia; from the end of the tenth century, they referred to them as ‘Varangians’.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 506

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Questions about Varangians

What is Varangians the plural of?
Varangians is the plural of Varangian.

Words near Varangians in the dictionary

  1. varan
  2. Varanasi
  3. Varanasi Division
  4. Varanger Peninsula
  5. Varangian
  6. Varangians
  7. varanian
  8. varanid
  9. varanids
  10. varaniform
  11. varaniforms

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