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Keywords:
Romanesque,
Conqueror,
Scandinavian,
Conquest,
Inhabitant
Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.
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.
1.(in the Middle Ages) a member of the people of Normandy descended from the 10th-century Scandinavian conquerors of the country and the native French; 2.relating to the style of Romanesque architecture used in Britain from the Norman conquest until the 12th century. It is characterized by the rounded arch, the groin vault, massive masonry walls, etc.
an inhabitant of Normandy
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