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Er⋅ic

[er-ik]
–noun
1. Eric the Red.
2. a male given name: ultimately from Germanic words meaning “one” and “ruler.”

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Eric the Red

–noun
born a.d. c950, Norse mariner: explorer and colonizer of Greenland c985.
Also called Eric.
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Eric 
male personal name, from O.N. Eirikr, lit. "honored ruler, from P.Gmc. *aiza- "honor" + *rik- "ruler."
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