D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Varangian

· Va·ran·gi·an · IPA /vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən/
01 n. One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial …
  1. 1.
    One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.