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Definition of: Varangian
(və·ran′jē·ən) noun
A Norse rover; one of a group of predatory Scandinavian seamen who, in the ninth century, sailed down the Volga into the Caspian Sea and established a dynasty in Caucasia. [<Med. L Varangus <Med. Gk. Barangos <Slavic, ult. <ON Vǣringi an ally <vārar pledges]
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