n. [ Cf. Sterling. ] 1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zoöl.) The smew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]