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name
A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, East
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noun
Misspelling of moron, sometimes intentional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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History
* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning. * As an English surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán. * As a French surname, variant of Morin. * Variant of the English and French surname Morant.
Borrowed from Maasai il-múrràn (“warriors”).
