Norman

Meaning

1. Relating to the Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans after the Norman Conquest, characterized by large arches and heavy columns.
2. A wooden bar, or iron pin.
3. A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066.
4. Having a counterintuitive design that confuses users about proper operation; after Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things (1988).
5. Of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past).
6. A town in Montgomery County, Arkansas.
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A native or inhabitant of Normandy, France.
9. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym], for someone from Normandy, or for a Viking (Northman).
10. A township in Grundy County, Illinois.
11. A male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
12. Relating to the Norman language or the dialect of French spoken in Normandy.
13. The langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of Île-de-France (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman).
14. An unincorporated community in Owen Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
15. Norman French in the Middle Ages.
16. A township in Manistee County, Michigan.
17. Synonym of normie (“a normal person”).
18. A Northman.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time. See also Northman.

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