NORTHMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

• NORTHMAN (noun)
  The noun NORTHMAN has 1 sense:

1. an inhabitant of Scandinavia

  Familiarity information: NORTHMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• NORTHMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inhabitant of Scandinavia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Norse; Northman; Scandinavian

Hypernyms ("Northman" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Northman"):

Viking (any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries)

berserk; berserker (one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury)

Holonyms ("Northman" is a member of...):

Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)