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Viking

One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.

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noun

1
One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.
2
(by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
3
A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian).
4
(mildly) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Viking"

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Word	Definition
norsenoun	The collective Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
lordnoun	A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
donornoun	One who makes a donation.
penguinnoun	Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
danenoun	A person of Danish descent.
norsemannoun	(informal, often humorous) A Scandinavian or a person of Scandinavian ancestry.
norsewomannoun	A female mediaeval Scandinavian or Viking.
northmannoun	Synonym of Norse.
scandinaviannoun	Of or relating to Scandinavia.
swedenoun	(chiefly British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
plunderernoun	One who plunders or pillages.
maraudernoun	Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
raidernoun	One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.
sea-rover	—
seafarernoun	A sailor or mariner.
rusnoun	(poetic) The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.
varangiannoun	(historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.
icelandernoun	A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.
piratenoun	(crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
pillagernoun	A person who pillages.