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Norman's Bay Beach(tourism)
Mailer, Norman(encyclopedia)
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Norman (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Norman Conquest(encyclopedia)
Bennett, Norman(medicine)

Norman (iou)



Norman noun1 & adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French Normans, -anz, pl. of Normant (mod. -and) from Old Norse Noremaer, pl. -menn, (whence Old English NorTmann Northman, Old High German Nordman (Dutch Noorman, German Normanne)), from norer NORTH + maer MAN noun.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Normandy in NW France; Hist. a member or descendant of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish people inhabiting Normandy from the 10th cent., who conquered England in 1066. ME.
b. A Northman, a Norwegian. rare. E17-L18.
= Norman French below. M17.
The Norman style of architecture. See sense B.2 below. M19.
b. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Normans or Normandy. L16.
Norman Conquest: see CONQUEST noun. Norman English rare English as spoken or influenced by the Normans. Norman French the form of French spoken by the Normans or (after 1066 and until the 14th cent.) in English lawcourts. Norman Saxon rare = Norman English above. Norman thrush a mistle thrush.
Designating or belonging to a style of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans and prevalent in England from the Norman Conquest until the early 12th cent., characterized by round arches and heavy piers or columns. Cf. ROMANESQUE adjective 3. L18.
? See also ANGLO-NORMAN.
Norma'nesque adjective suggestive of or resembling the Norman style of architecture M19.
Normanism noun prevalence of Norman rule or characteristics; tendency to favour or imitate the Normans: M17.
Normanist noun (a) a supporter of the Normans; (b) an advocate or adherent of the theory that Russia was first settled largely by Scandinavians: E17.