Leif Ericson

noun

Ericson

or Er·ics·son

[er-ik-suh n]

noun

Leif

[leef; Icelandic leyv] /lif; Icelandic leɪv/, flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).

Old Norse Eirikson.

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British Dictionary definitions for leif ericson

Leif Ericson

noun

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Ericson

Ericsson

noun

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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