Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the Normans who lived in England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 or a descendant of these settlers.
- noun The dialect of Old French, derived chiefly from Norman French, that was used by the Anglo-Normans.
- noun The form of this dialect used in English law until the 17th century.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to both England and Normandy, or to their inhabitants.
- Pertaining to the Normans who settled in England after the conquest in 1066.
- Of both English and Norman descent.
- noun One of the Normans who settled in England after its conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, or one of the descendants of such a settler.
- noun The Norman dialect of Old French as spoken and separately developed in England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England.
- noun One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.
- noun the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the period of
Norman rule ofEngland , 1066–1154. - adjective Pertaining to Normans in England after the
Norman Conquest . - adjective Relating to their
language . - noun A
Norman who settled inEngland after theNorman Conquest , or a descendant of one. - proper noun The Romance language spoken in England by the ruling classes after the Norman Conquest, or the form of this language used in English law until the 17th century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the French (Norman) language used in medieval England
Etymologies
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Examples
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[113] Popular Treatises on Science written during the Middle Ages in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English, ed. by THOMAS WRIGHT (Historical Society of Science, 1841), pp. 81-82.
Bygone Beliefs 1969
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As it was used in England, the language would be called Anglo-Norman, a French that took its own path, distinct from the Norman spoken on the Continent.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As it was used in England, the language would be called Anglo-Norman, a French that took its own path, distinct from the Norman spoken on the Continent.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A century after the Conquest, architecture in England could fairly be called Anglo-Norman.
Early medieval architecture: a story of castles and churches 2011
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A century after the Conquest, architecture in England could fairly be called Anglo-Norman.
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With this development, speakers of Anglo-Norman the Norman French then spoken in England were cut off from their continental homeland.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As a result, Anglo-Norman would very gradually lose prestige, while English, still spoken by the peasantry, would become more attractive to French-speaking inhabitants of England.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It was simply pentiz, Anglo-Norman French for, well, “penthouse.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It was simply pentiz, Anglo-Norman French for, well, “penthouse.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As a result, Anglo-Norman would very gradually lose prestige, while English, still spoken by the peasantry, would become more attractive to French-speaking inhabitants of England.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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