English Explanatory Dictionary

Norseman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
  2. A Scandinavian or a person of Scandinavian ancestry.
  3. A Norwegian.
name
  1. A town in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia. Originally from a gold reef named by Lawrence Sinclair, who came from Shetland, after his horse, Hardy Norseman.

Word forms

Norseman Norsemen

Etymology

From Norse + -man. Coined by Scottish novelist, poet and playwright Walter Scott.

Related words

Nordic northerner northlander
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