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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.

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  1. n. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.
  2. n. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
  3. n. The smew.
  4. a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
  5. 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. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
  6. n. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. n. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. n. The smew. a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.