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Ericson

American  
[er-ik-suhn] / ˈɛr ɪk sən /
Or Ericsson

noun

  1. Leif flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).


Ericson British  
/ ˈɛrɪksən /

noun

  1. Leif (liːf). 10th–11th centuries ad , Norse navigator, who discovered Vinland (?1000), variously identified as the coast of New England, Labrador, or Newfoundland; son of Eric the Red

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