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US
/ˈnɔɹmən/
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NOUN
- Australian golfer (born in 1955)
- United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
- an inhabitant of Normandy
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans
the Norman Invasion in 1066 -
of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy
Norman beaches
How To Use Norman In A Sentence
- Perpendicular window, to support which the low circular arch in the centre had been constructed; on either side of this window were now to be seen the mouldings and featherings of the original early decorated lights, on a level with the lateral clerestory range; below these the Norman arcade, based upon a string course of nebule ornaments. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
- From the roaring 20's to the beaches of Normandy, it has always had a certain panache.
- One after another the _antichi spiriti dolenti_ rise up and salute the new edifice: Nimrod and the Assyrians, Anglo-Saxon ealdormen and Norman knights templars, and citizens of ancient Bristol. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- Norman Neal Williams had been a transient, they learned, an itinerant vitamin salesman with no known relatives. MORE TALES OF THE CITY
- In the days following the D-Day landings, Allied troops carved a tenuous foothold on the coast of Normandy.
- The churches and cathedrals built by the Normans tended to use large stones.
- Antioch held Edessa and Tripoli under its sway and was ruled by Normans.
- Far more seriously, the vital turn east towards Mayenne and Alençon, intended to initiate the rolling up of the main German front in Normandy, was delayed by days. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
- Norman took me into his unkempt, barren back garden to show me the only thing which he could boast of - his four fat white rabbits.
- The Norman refectory or "frater" was demolished in 1246, and the new one begun. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See