Definitions for ostrogothˈɒs trəˌgɒθ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Os•tro•gothˈɒs trəˌgɒθ(n.)

  1. a member of the eastern division of the Goths, who entered Italy in a.d. 488, maintaining a kingdom there until 555.

    Category: Peoples

Origin of Ostrogoth:

1640–50; < LL

Os`tro•goth′ic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ostrogoth(noun)

    a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD

Wiktionary

  1. Ostrogoth(Noun)

    Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century


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