Norman
noun
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
pre-Norman
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a word derived from
Norman.
Example Sentences
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The Sussex Ashburn-hams, described in the earlier Burke's as "a family of stupendous antiquity," dating back well before the Norman Conquest, were cut off in the new Burke's without a single pre-Norman ancestor.
From Time Magazine Archive
In spite of iconoclasm and vandalism there remains in England a vast number of pre-Norman crosses, and it will be possible to refer only to the most noted and curious examples.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Hereward the Wake, the English hero, also held in pre-Norman days many fat manors.
From English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
The original structure was of great antiquity, dating from pre-Norman times; but it was wholly rebuilt early in the reign of Henry III.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
Turning to churches, there is workmanship considered to be of pre-Norman date in Wing church, in the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard, including a polygonal apse and crypt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
