Definitions for varangian
Wiktionary
Varangian(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Varangians.
Varangian(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway.
Varangian(ProperNoun)
A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.
Varangian(ProperNoun)
The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.
Varangian(ProperNoun)
A period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon.
Origin: Ultimately from Βάραγγος, from Vǽringi.
Webster Dictionary
Varangian(noun)
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
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