EASTERLING


Meaning of EASTERLING in English

/ee"steuhr ling/ , n. Archaic.

a native of a country lying to the east, esp. a merchant from the Baltic.

[ 1375-1425; late ME esterling, equiv. to ester eastern (perh. repr. OE eastra, comp. of east adj.) + -LING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .