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Anglo-Norman
[ ang-gloh-nawr-muhn ]
adjective
- pertaining to the period, 1066–1154, when England was ruled by Normans.
- of or relating to Anglo-Normans or the Anglo-Norman dialect.
noun
- a Norman who settled in England after 1066, or a descendant of one.
Anglo-Norman
adjective
- relating to the Norman conquerors of England, their society, or their language
noun
- a Norman inhabitant of England after 1066
- the Anglo-French language
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Anglo-Norman1
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Example Sentences
Arcatures occur in Anglo-Norman churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
From this period, during the reigns of the Anglo-Norman Sovereigns, it continues to be occasionally noticed.
Her language, however, shows little trace of Anglo-Norman provincialism.
Lisieux choir, however, avoided what was to become an excessive complication of parts in the Anglo-Norman school.
There is a whole literature of these romans d'aventure in the Anglo-Norman dialect of French.
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