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| Vi·king [ vking ] (plural Vi·kings) |
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1. member of ancient Scandinavian people: a member of a Scandinavian people who carried out seaborne raids of northwestern Europe between the 8th and 11th centuries ad, often settling in the areas they invaded, as in Britain. They usually came in longships and raided mainly coastal regions.
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2. language
Same as Old Norse
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3. seafarer: any plundering seafarer or pirate
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4. space probe to Mars: either of two identical highly instrumented uncrewed U.S. space probes to Mars, launched in 1975. The probes' orbiters photographed the surface of Mars and its satellites and mapped water vapor and surface temperature variations while the landers transmitted color pictures and meteorological and soil data.
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| [Early 19th century. < Old Norse víkingr, either < vík "creek, inlet" or < Old English wīc "camp"] |
