easterling Meaning, Definition & Usage

East"er*ling noun

Etymology

Cf. Sterling.

Definitions

1. 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.

2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb.
3. (Zoöl.) The smew.

East"er*ling adjective

Definitions

1. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.