OSTROGOTH


Meaning of OSTROGOTH in English

n. hist. a member of the Eastern branch of the Goths, who conquered Italy in the 5th-6th c.

Derivatives:

Ostrogothic adj.

Etymology: LL Ostrogothi (pl.) f. Gmc austro- (unrecorded) east + LL Gothi Goths: see GOTH

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.