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Leif Ericson

noun
  1. Ericson, Leif.
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Ericson

or Er·ics·son

[er-ik-suh n]
noun
  1. 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).
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Old Norse Eirikson.
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Leif Ericson

noun
  1. See Ericson
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Ericson

Ericsson

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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