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NORMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inhabitant of Normandy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Norman" is a kind of...):
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman (a person of French nationality)
Holonyms ("Norman" is a member of...):
Normandie; Normandy (a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Australian golfer (born in 1955)
Synonyms:
Greg Norman; Gregory John Norman; Norman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
golf player; golfer; linksman (someone who plays the game of golf)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
Synonyms:
Jessye Norman; Norman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
soprano (a female singer)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans
Example:
the Norman Invasion in 1066
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Norman (an inhabitant of Normandy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy
Example:
Norman beaches
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Normandy (a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie)
Context examples:
Alleyne sprang in front of the Norman, but his sword was shattered and he himself beaten to the ground by a second blow from the ponderous weapon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was difficult enough getting acquainted with her, and her mother, and her brother, Norman.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But there is a certain villainous and bloodthirsty Norman pirate hight Tete-noire, who, with a Genoan called Tito Caracci, commonly known as Spade-beard, hath been a mighty scourge upon these coasts.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He shot a glance in as he passed by, and, despite the high turned-up collar, he was certain that he recognized Ruth's brother, Norman.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Three pirates had fallen before him, and he had wounded Spade-beard in the neck, when the Norman giant sprang at him from the side with a slashing blow from his deadly mace.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"You see, she doesn't want to have anything to do with you," Norman blurted out, starting on with her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is my intention, if it seems good to you, to try a venture against these Norman and Genoese rovers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Norman made an impatient movement, but Martin checked him with a swift look.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“See how they stretch out from each other! The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle. See, they bend to the levers! They are about to loose it.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When he came to the doorway into which he had seen Norman shrink, he stopped and looked in in a speculative humor.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
