a person who lives in an eastern area or an eastern country
she detected the sentry's almost fearful respect of the tall Easterling who mountedthe stairs first
adjective
2.
relating to a person who lives in an eastern area or an eastern country
easterling in American English
(ˈistərlɪŋ)
noun
archaic
a native of a country lying to the east, esp. a merchant from the Baltic
Word origin
[1375–1425; late ME esterling, equiv. to ester eastern (perh. repr. OE ēastra, comp. of ēast adj.) + -ling1]This word is first recorded in the period 1375–1425. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gauge, guard, representation, skim, trick-ling is a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling)