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Definition of Varangian
1. 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.
2. 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.
Definition of Varangian
1. Proper noun. (historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries. ¹
2. Proper noun. (historical) The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955. ¹
3. Proper noun. (geology) A period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Varangians. ¹
5. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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