| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Nor·man |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  nôr m n |
| NOUN: | 1a. A member of a Scandinavian people who settled in northern France in the tenth century. b. A descendant of this people, especially one ruling or inhabiting England from the time of the Norman Conquest. 2. A native or inhabitant of Normandy. | | ADJECTIVE: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | 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 Appendix I + man, man; see man-1 in Appendix I).
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