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Definition of Norman
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy. "Norman beaches"
2. Noun. United States operatic soprano (born in 1945).
3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans. "The Norman Invasion in 1066"
4. Noun. Australian golfer (born in 1955).
5. Noun. An inhabitant of Normandy.
Definition of Norman
1. n. A wooden bar, or iron pin.
2. a. Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.
3. 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.
Definition of Norman
1. Noun. A person whose ancestors are from Normandy or who resides in Normandy. ¹
2. Noun. A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who in the 11th century were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) A Northman. ¹
4. Proper noun. The langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of "Ile de France" (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, which influenced the development of Quebec French (until the mid 20th century), and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman). ¹
5. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English dot=), for someone from Normandy, or for a Viking (Northman). ¹
6. Proper noun. (Old English male given name) used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century. ¹
7. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past). ¹
8. Adjective. Relating to the Norman language. ¹
9. Adjective. (rare) Referring to the dialect of French spoken in Normandy. ¹
10. Adjective. Relating to the Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans after the Norman Conquest, characterized by large arches and heavy columns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Norman
1. a tethering bar inserted in a ship's windlass [n -S]
Medical Definition of Norman
1. A wooden bar, or iron pin. Origin: F. Normand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norman
Literary usage of Norman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But the conquest amounted to little more than the settlement of Norman lords ...
The Norman period has ended also; England and Normandy are alike under the ..."
2. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The truest aspect of that warfare was that the Norman Conquest of England was
completed by English hands. But, in so saying, we must understand by the ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Norman saw on English oak, On English neck a Norman yoke ; Norman spoon in English
dish, And England ruled as Normans wish; Till England 's rid of all the ..."
4. Who's who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"London, 25 April 1830; 2nd s. of James Norman and Charlotte, ed of Henry Wylie;
... Bromley Common, Kent, 9 July 1842; Oth s. of late George Warde Norman, ..."
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