Definition of Varangean
Va*ran"gi*an (?), 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.
Va*ran"gi*an (?), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Scandinavian raiders who settled in Eastern Europe in the 9th Century, as opposed to the Vikings who settled in the West.
- The imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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