n.
- A member of a Scandinavian people who settled in northern France in the tenth century.
- A descendant of this people, especially one ruling or inhabiting England from the time of the Norman Conquest.
- A native or inhabitant of Normandy.
- Of or relating to Normandy, the Normans, their culture, or their language.
- Of or being a style of Romanesque architecture that was introduced from Normandy into England before 1066 and that flourished until about 1200.
[Middle English, from Old French Normant (from Old Norse Nordhmadhr : nordhr, north + madhr, man) and from Old English Norman (variant of Northman : north, north + man, man).]
