Norman
• noun 1 a member of a people of mixed Frankish and Scandinavian origin who settled in Normandy in the 10th century and who conquered England in 1066. 2 (also Norman French) the northern form of Old French spoken by the Normans. 3 a person from modern Normandy. • adjective 1 relating to the Normans or Normandy. 2 of the style of Romanesque architecture used in Britain under the Normans. — ORIGIN Old French Normant, from an Old Norse word meaning ‘Northman’.
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