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Norseman

Norseman noun: a medieval Scandinavian or Viking.

Noun

Norseman (plural Norsemen)

  1. (historical) A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
  2. (humorous, informal, often) A Scandinavian or a person of Scandinavian ancestry.
  3. (dated) A Norwegian.

Proper noun

Norseman

  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.

Forms of Norseman

pluralNorsemen

Origin of Norseman

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

Questions about Norseman

What does Norseman mean?
Norseman means a medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
What part of speech is Norseman?
Norseman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Norseman?
The plural of Norseman is Norsemen.

Words near Norseman in the dictionary

  1. norselled
  2. norseller
  3. norsellers
  4. norselling
  5. norsels
  6. Norseman
  7. Norsemen
  8. Norseness
  9. norsertraline
  10. norsesquiterpene
  11. norsesquiterpenes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Norseman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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