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Varangian [vəˈrændʒɪən]

(Social Science / Peoples) one of the Scandinavians who invaded and settled parts of Russia and the Ukraine from the 8th to the 11th centuries, and who formed the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor (Varangian Guard) in the late 10th and 11th centuries

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to the Varangians

[from Medieval Latin Varangus, from Medieval Greek Barangos, from Old Norse Væringi, probably from vār pledge]

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Varangian (redirected from Varangians)

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