norman

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Nor=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

norman, n. [F. normand.].

 A wooden bar, or iron pin.  W. C. Russell.  [1913 Webster]

norman, prop. a. [F. normand, of Scand. origin. See Northman, and cf. Norse.].

 Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.  [1913 Webster]

Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.

norman, prop. n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

norman, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of Normandy.
2 a descendant of the people of mixed Scandinavian and Frankish origin established there in the 10th c., who conquered England in 1066.
3 Norman French.
4 Archit. the style of Romanesque architecture found in Britain under the Normans.
5 any of the English kings from William I to Stephen.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the Normans.
2 of or relating to the Norman style of architecture.

Idiom

Norman Conquest see CONQUEST. Norman English English as spoken or influenced by the Normans. Norman French French as spoken by the Normans or (after 1066) in English lawcourts.

Derivative

Normanesque adj. Normanism n. Normanize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

OF Normans pl. of Normant f. ON Northmathr (as NORTH, MAN)