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Nor⋅man

[nawr-muhn]
–noun
1. a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
2. Also called Norman French. one of the mixed Scandinavian and French people who inhabited Normandy and conquered England in 1066.
3. a native or inhabitant of Normandy.
4. Norman French (def. 1).
5. Jes⋅sye [jes-ee] , born 1945, U.S. operatic soprano.
6. a city in central Oklahoma. 68,020.
7. a male given name.
–adjective
8. of or pertaining to the Normans.
9. noting or pertaining to a variety of Romanesque architecture built by the Normans, esp. in England after 1066.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF Normant < ON Northmathr Northman

Norman French

–noun
1. Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
2. Norman (def. 2).

Origin:
1595–1605


Norman-French, adjective
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Nor·man 1   (nôr'mən)   
n.  
    1. A member of a Scandinavian people who settled in northern France in the tenth century.

    2. A descendant of this people, especially one ruling or inhabiting England from the time of the Norman Conquest.

  1. A native or inhabitant of Normandy.

adj.  
  1. Of or relating to Normandy, the Normans, their culture, or their language.

  2. Of or being a style of Romanesque architecture that was introduced from Normandy into England before 1066 and that flourished until about 1200.


[Middle English, from Old French Normant (from Old Norse Nordhmadhr : nordhr, north + madhr, man) and from Old English Norman (variant of Northman : north, north; see ner-1 in Indo-European roots + man, man; see man-1 in Indo-European roots).]
Nor·man 2   (nôr'mən)   
A city of central Oklahoma south of Oklahoma City. The University of Oklahoma opened here in 1892. Population: 103,000.
Norman, Jessye Born 1945.  
American operatic soprano acclaimed for her versatility and diverse repertoire.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Norman 
c.1205, "of the mixed Scandinavian-Frankish people who conquered England in 1066," from O.Fr. Normanz, pl. of Normand, from a Scand. word meaning "northman" (see Norse), in ref. to the Scand. people who overran and occupied Normandy 10c. As a style of architecture, developed in Normandy and employed in England after the conquest, it is attested from 1797.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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