NORMAN CONQUEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Norman Conquest mean? 

• NORMAN CONQUEST (noun)
  The noun NORMAN CONQUEST has 1 sense:

1. the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)

  Familiarity information: NORMAN CONQUEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORMAN CONQUEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation (the act of conquering)

Meronyms (parts of "Norman Conquest"):

battle of Hastings; Hastings (the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest)

 Context examples 

‘It was there at the Norman Conquest in all probability,’ he answered.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)