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n. One of a tribe of eastern Goths that conquered and ruled Italy from A.D. 493 to 555. [From Middle English Ostrogotes, Ostrogoths, from Late Latin Ostrogothī : ostro-, eastern (of Germanic origin; see aus- in Indo-European roots) + Gothī, Goths; see Goth.] Os'tro·goth'ic adj. |
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