— Ostrogothic, Ostrogothian , adj.
/os"treuh goth'/ , n.
a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, A.D. 493-555. Cf. Visigoth .
[ 1640-50; Ostrogothi, Austrogoti (pl.) austro- eastwards (ON austr, OS, OHG ostar, MD ooster, OE east ( er ) ra; cf. EAST) + GOTH ]