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name
A unisex given name.
A male or female given name
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name.
A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Qualifier: Arthurian legend
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noun
A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Morgan dollar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: numismatic slang
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noun
an American breed of small compact saddle horses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saddle horse, riding horse, mount
noun
United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: financier, moneyman
noun
soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Daniel Morgan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soldier
noun
a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
noun
United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biologist, life scientist
noun
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lewis Henry Morgan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anthropologist
History
from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
