viking
IPA: vˈaɪkɪŋ
Root Word: Viking
noun
- (historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.
- (by extension, fantasy) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
- (colloquial) A Norseman (medieval Scandinavian).
- (colloquial, humorous, mildly offensive) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
- (American football) A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
- (Japan) buffet; smorgasbord
- A sea area between Scotland and Norway
- A town in Alberta, Canada
- A city in Minnesota
- Alternative letter-case form of Viking [(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.]
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Examples of "viking" in Sentences
- The official mascot is the viking.
- The Vikings ceded the title Scotland.
- His job was to defrost the Viking ship.
- The dress was compared to the garment of a Viking.
- It is also the official dairy of the Minnesota Vikings.
- Then the city survived a devastating inroad of Vikings.
- The nautical achievements of the Vikings were exceptional.
- The first the leader of the Vikings is described as royalty.
- The Viking invasions shattered the pattern of the English kingdoms.
- Viking, after the resemblance the pitchers bear to the prow of a Viking ship.
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