Definition of Normans. Meaning of Normans. Synonyms of Normans

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Definition of Normans

Norman
Norman Nor"man, 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.
Norman
Norman Nor"man, n. [F. normand.] (Naut.) A wooden bar, or iron pin. --W. C. Russell.
Norman
Norman Nor"man, 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. 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.

Meaning of Normans from wikipedia

- The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; French: Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a po****tion arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling...
- a combination of Normans, Bretons, Flemings, Frenchmen, Anglo-Saxons and Celtic Britons. After the conquest the victorious Normans formed a ruling class...
- Look up Norman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Norman or Normans may refer to: The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled...
- region became known as the "Northmen" which "Normandy" and "Normans" are derived from. The Normans quickly adopted the indigenous culture as they became ****imilated...
- The Italo-Normans (Italian: Italo-Normanni), or Siculo-Normans (Siculo-Normanni) when referring to Sicily and Southern Italy, are the Italian-born descendants...
- The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land...
- [1992]. "Part I: The Normans and the monarchySouthern Italy and the Normans before the creation of the monarchy". The Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Cambridge...
- distinguished from the native Gaelic Irish; although some Normans eventually became Gaelicised. The Hiberno-Normans were a feudal aristocracy and merchant oligarchy...
- Cambro-Normans (Latin: Cambria; "Wales", Welsh: Normaniaid Cymreig; Norman: Nouormands Galles) were Normans who settled in southern Wales and the Welsh...
- Schoharie County along with the counties in which the Normans Kill itself flows through. The Normans Kill has been used historically as a source of water...