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Visigoth vs Alaric - What's the difference?

visigoth | alaric |

As a noun Visigoth

is any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.

As a proper noun Alaric is

a historic king of the Visigoths.

visigoth

English

(wikipedia Visigoth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.

    • Derived terms

    * Visigothic

    alaric

    English

    (wikipedia Alaric)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A historic king of the Visigoths.
  • (lb) .
  • * 1835 , Vol. XI, page 652 (June 1835):
    • We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.

    References

    [http://books.google.com/books?id=kCYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA274&dq=alaric+name&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=CStKSavXMIPmzASXz5WUDA
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