Os·tro·goth ( s tr -gth )n. One of a tribe of eastern Goths that conquered and ruled Italy from a.d. 493 to 555. [From Middle English Ostrogotes, Ostrogoths, from Late Latin Ostrogoth  : ostro-, eastern (of Germanic origin; see aus- in Indo-European roots) + Goth, Goths; see Goth.]Os tro·gothic adj. |
Ostrogoth [ˈɒstrəˌgɒθ]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of the eastern group of the Goths, who formed a kingdom in Italy from 493 to 552
[from Late Latin Ostrogothī, from ostro- east, eastward + Goth]
Ostrogothic adj
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| Noun | 1. |  Ostrogoth - a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 ADGoth - one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries |
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