eirikson

Er·ic·son

[er-ik-suhn]
noun
Leif [leef; Icelandic leyv] , flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
Also, Ericsson.
Old Norse Eirikson.
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Ericson or Ericsson (ˈɛrɪksən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
 
Ericsson or Ericsson
 
n

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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