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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 is not folk-lore.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

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