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Eric the Red

American  

noun

  1. a.d. c950–1003, Norse mariner: explorer and colonizer of Greenland c985.


Eric the Red British  
/ ˈɛrɪk /

noun

  1. ?940–?1010 ad , Norse navigator: discovered and colonized Greenland; father of Leif Ericson

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Biographies of the chef include tales of Child sleeping outdoors on the second-floor porch and romping through the lawn with her younger siblings and their Airedale dog named Eric the Red.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

One of these Vikings was called Eric the Red because of his red hair.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

The Norse explorer Eric the Red, who landed on the island in the 10th century, named the grim, gray island Greenland in hopes of luring settlers from Scandinavia and Iceland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eddie Albert is spectacular, a figure to strike terror into any suitor's heart; his character is a combination of George Babbitt and Eric the Red.

From Time Magazine Archive

The saga of Eric the Red sings of the deeds of Leif Ericson, who led the discoverers and named the three new countries Helluland, Markland, and Vineland.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by William Charles Henry Wood

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