Norman
pronunciation
How to pronounce Norman in British English:
UK [ˈnɔːmən]
How to pronounce Norman in American English:
US [ˈnɔːrmən]
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- Noun:
- United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
- Australian golfer (born in 1955)
- an inhabitant of Normandy
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans
Word Origin
- Norman
- Norman: [13] Etymologically, the Normans were and are ‘men of the north’, a reference to the Scandinavians who settled in northern France in the 9th century and whose possession of the region, under their leader Rollo, was officially recognized by the French king in 911. The word originated in Old Norse northmathr, literally ‘northman’. In Old French that became normant or normand. That had a brief currency in English in the Middle Ages, but it was its plural form normans, shorn of its -s, that provided the standard modern English term.
- Norman (n.)
- c. 1200, "one of the mixed Scandinavian-Frankish people who conquered England in 1066," from Old French Normanz, plural of Normand, Normant, literally "North man," from a Scandinavian word meaning "northman" (see Norse), in reference to the Scandinavian people who overran and occupied Normandy 10c. Later meaning "one of the Norman French who conquered England in 1066." As an adjective from 1580s. As a style of architecture, developed in Normandy and employed in England after the conquest, it is attested from 1797. Norseman (1817) is not historical and appears to be due to Scott.
Example
- 1. Norman 's advice helped persuade strong to lower interest rates in 1927 , which only increased irrational exuberance on wall street .
- 2. From documentary evidence we know that by 1160 an english knight had to retain a norman to teach his son french .
- 3. There have probably been 600 in april , according to harold brooks of the national severe storms laboratory ( nssl ) in norman , oklahoma .
- 4. I had to point out that there wasn 't much point in our removing his name from a memoir headlined " I am barry norman 's brother " .
- 5. He does that during their long conversation in norman 's " parlor , " where savage stuffed birds seem poised to swoop down and capture them as prey .