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name
A male given name.
A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis, from Ó (“descendant”) and Muirghis (“of Maurice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312.
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name
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A town in Jefferson County, Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
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A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
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An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Georgia; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
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name
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A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois.
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name
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A township in Grundy County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
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A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota; named for railroad official Charles A. Morris.
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name
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A township in Stevens County, Minnesota.
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name
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A town and village in Otsego County, New York; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
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A township in Knox County, Ohio.
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name
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A city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
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A township and unincorporated community therein, in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
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Four other townships in Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, Greene County, Huntingdon County and Washington County.
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An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia; named for a local family.
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A ghost town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
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name
A type of folk dance originating in England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: morris dance
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name
A former make of British motor car.
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noun
A type of pike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
A morris dance.
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noun
The young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To perform morris dancing.
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noun
United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gouverneur Morris
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Broader terms: statesman, solon, national leader
noun
leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Robert Morris
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Broader terms: American Revolutionary leader, financier, moneyman
noun
English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: William Morris
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Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer, poet
noun
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suffragist
History
* The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.
From Moorish.
From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.
