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1. (n.) Norman
any of the Scandinavian raiders who in the 10th century settled in N France and established the duchy of Normandy.
2. Norman
any of their Gallicized and Christianized descendants who established feudal regimes in the British Isles, Sicily, and S Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries.
3. Norman
a native or inhabitant of modern Normandy.
4. Norman
the French dialect of modern Normandy.
5. Norman
a city in central Oklahoma. 78,280.
6. (adj.) Norman
of or pertaining to Normandy, the Normans, or their speech.
7. Norman
of or pertaining to Romanesque architecture built by the Normans, esp. in England after 1066.
Etymology: (1175–1225; < OF Normant < ON Northmathr Northman)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Norman, Jessye Norman
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
2. (noun) Norman, Greg Norman, Gregory John Norman
Australian golfer (born in 1955)
3. (adj) Norman
an inhabitant of Normandy
4. (adj) Norman
of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy
"Norman beaches"
5. (adj) Norman
of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans
"the Norman Invasion in 1066"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Norman
of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest
2. (noun) Norman
a wooden bar, or iron pin
3. (noun) Norman
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
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