01 n. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.
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A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.“Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.” — Holinshed.
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A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
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3.
The smew.(Zoöl.)