Norman

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A wooden bar, or iron pin.

II. Norman ·adj Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.

III. Norman ·noun A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror.

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