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Definition of Norseman
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Norway.
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Norway, Noreg, Norge, Norway
Generic synonyms: European
Derivative terms: Norwegian
Definition of Norseman
1. n. One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.
Definition of Norseman
1. Proper noun. (historic) a mediaeval1 Scandinavian. ¹
2. Proper noun. A Scandinavian1 or a person of Scandinavian ancestry. ¹
3. Proper noun. (historic) a Viking. ¹
4. Proper noun. (dated) a Norwegian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norseman
Literary usage of Norseman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"NORTH AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY CHAPTER I THE FAR NORTH I. norseman AND SKRAELING IN
the year of our Lord 982 Eric the Red, outlawed from Iceland, ..."
2. With Rhodes in Mashonaland by David Christiaan de Waal (1896)
"At eight o'clock the norseman steamed into Delagoa Bay, one of the finest natural
harbours I ever saw; but what a pity that it is in the hands of so ..."
3. Leaders in Norway, and Other Essays by Agnes Mathilde Wergeland, Katharine Merrill (1916)
"7 THE PRIMITIVE norseman F we scan the old sagas to learn the dominating traits
of the race that produced them, we find as one leading characteristic a ..."
4. Favorite Authors: A Companion-book of Prose and Poetry (1866)
"The norseman wrestled with old Rome, For Freedom in our Island home ; He taught
us how to ride the sea With hempen bridle, horse of tree: The norseman stood ..."
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