† Normanden.1
Obsolete.
A woman from Normandy.
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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 170 One hundred and fifty thousand whores..whereof some are..Parisiennes, Taurangelles, Angevines,..Normandes, and high dutch.
1834 L. E. Landon Frances Carrara vii, in Wks. (1850) I. 221/2 The travellers were welcomed..by the gouvernante Madelon, a bustling, good-natured Normande.
1896 C. M. Yonge Release II. ix. 161 The lay-sister dressed her..hair, observing..that a real Normande would have cut it off and sold it.
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Normanden.2adj.1
/ˈnɔːmənd/, U.S. /ˈnɔrmən(d)/ A. n.2
A breed of cattle originating in Normandy, with black and some brown patches on a white background, kept for both milk and beef; an animal of this breed.
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1926 T. R. Pirtle Hist. Dairy Industry ii. 318 (list of breeds) Normande.
1987 Génétique Sélection Evol. Versailles 19 337 Results were similar in the Normande and Montbeliarde and were consistent with the average literature data.
1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 104/4 In France there are 3m Holstein cows and 1.1m Normandes not to mention the dual-purpose breeds.
B. adj.1
Designating or relating to the Normande breed of cattle.
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1989 Livestock Production Sci. 23 47 Values of genetic parameters for type in the Normande breed were similar to their counterparts in Friesians or Holsteins.
1989 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Oct. xii Camembert and Livarot should be made from the Normande cow, and not the ubiquitous Frisonne-Holstein.
2001 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 9 Feb. 36 This stylish and well muscled son of Cloughhead Lord, born in May 1999, is out of Kype Ellie, a Normande Vilas-sired cow.
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Normandeadj.2
/ˈnɔːmənd/, U.S. /ˈnɔrmən(d)/ Cookery.
As postmodifier. Of a dish: prepared in the traditional Normandy style, with a buttery or creamy sauce.
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1868 Galaxy 5 178 A flounder Normande requires care and attention; but when well cooked, makes a most excellent dish.
1968 P. White Let. 1 Aug. (1994) x. 330 Very good sole normande.., and stuffed sheep's foot.
2000 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Business section) 33 Of savoury uses, the most famous is faisan, or pintade, normande, in which a young pheasant or guinea-fowl is pot-roast in butter.
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