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norman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun norman has 3 senses
- norman(n = noun.person) jessye norman - United States operatic soprano (born in 1945); Array is a kind of soprano
- norman(n = noun.person) greg norman, gregory john norman - Australian golfer (born in 1955); Array is a kind of golf player, golfer, linksman
- norman(n = noun.person) Array - an inhabitant of Normandy; Array is a member of normandie, normandy
is a kind of french person, frenchman, frenchwoman
Adjective norman has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
norman, n. [F. normand.].
A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest. [1913 Webster]
norman, prop. n.
A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
norman, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Normandy.
2 a descendant of the people of mixed Scandinavian and Frankish origin established there in the 10th c., who conquered England in 1066.
3 Norman French.
4 Archit. the style of Romanesque architecture found in Britain under the Normans.
5 any of the English kings from William I to Stephen.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the Normans.
2 of or relating to the Norman style of architecture.
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Normandy.
2 a descendant of the people of mixed Scandinavian and Frankish origin established there in the 10th c., who conquered England in 1066.
3 Norman French.
4 Archit. the style of Romanesque architecture found in Britain under the Normans.
5 any of the English kings from William I to Stephen.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the Normans.
2 of or relating to the Norman style of architecture.
Idiom
Norman Conquest see CONQUEST. Norman English English as spoken or influenced by the Normans. Norman French French as spoken by the Normans or (after 1066) in English lawcourts.
Derivative
Normanesque adj. Normanism n. Normanize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).
Etymology
OF Normans pl. of Normant f. ON Northmathr (as NORTH, MAN)
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