Varangian

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:14:14

Va*ran"gi*an (?), n.

One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.

 

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