Anglo-Norman Definition

ăngglō-nôrmən
noun
One of the Normans who lived in England after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 or a descendant of these settlers.
American Heritage
A Norman settler in England after the Norman Conquest.
Webster's New World
The dialect of Old French, derived chiefly from Norman French, that was used by the Anglo-Normans.
American Heritage
The Anglo-French dialect spoken by such settlers.
Webster's New World
The form of this dialect used in English law until the 17th century.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
English and Norman.
Webster's New World
Of the Anglo-Normans or their language or culture.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to the period of Norman rule of England, 1066–1154.

Wiktionary
Pertaining to Normans in England after the Norman Conquest.
Wiktionary

Relating to their language.

Wiktionary
pronoun
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.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Anglo-Norman

Noun

Singular:
Anglo-Norman
Plural:
anglo-normans

Origin of Anglo-Norman

  • From Anglo- +‎ Norman.

    From Wiktionary

Anglo-Norman Sentence Examples

  • Occasionally summoned to English parliaments, he spent most of his forty years of activity in Ireland, where he was the greatest noble of his day, usually fighting the natives or his Anglo-Norman rivals.

  • The Lay of Orpheus is known to us only through an English imitation; the Lai du cor was composed by Robert Biket, an Anglo-Norman poet of the 12th century (Wulff, Lund, 1888).

  • To these two romances by an Anglo-Norman author, Amadas et Idoine, of which we only possess a continental version, is to be added.

  • Aedh (Hugh) O'Neill, chief of the Cinel Eoghain, or lord of Tir-Eoghain (Tir-Owen, Tyrone) at the end of the 12th century, was the first of the family to be brought prominently into conflict with the Anglo-Norman monarchy, whose pretensions he took the lead in disputing in Ulster.

  • The Third Crusade was narrated in the West from very different points of view by Anglo-Norman, French and German authorities.

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Words Starting With

AANANG

Words Ending With

NANMAN

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With A12 Letter Words Ending With N