Eric the Red

noun

born a.d. c950, Norse mariner: explorer and colonizer of Greenland c985.

Also called Eric.

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Eric the Red (ˈɛrɪk)

—n
	?940--?1010 ad, Norse navigator: discovered and colonized Greenland; father of Leif Ericson

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