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MORGAN
Morgan
(noun) an American breed of small compact saddle horses
Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan
(noun) United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
Morgan, Daniel Morgan
(noun) soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan
(noun) a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan
(noun) United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan
(noun) United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgan)
(countable) A unisex given name
A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or maur (“great”) + Morgan (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
A female given name from Old Welsh Morgen, from mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) + *gen (Proto-Celtic *genos), meaning “sea-born.” The name of Morgan le Fay. Cognate with Old Irish Muirgen.
(countable) A surname.
A Welsh patronymic surname.
An Irish patronymic surname, an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (Merrigan).
An Irish surname, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (Morahan).
A placename.
A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
A locale in United States.
A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
A city in Texas.
A city in Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin and an unincorporated community within that town.
A neighborhood in Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
(Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.
Usage notes
Traditionally a male given name, Morgan has been given to girls in English-speaking countries since the 1980s. In the United States and Canada the name is now more often given to girls.
Noun
Morgan (plural Morgans)
A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
Anagrams
• Garmon, Gorman, garmon, mongra
Etymology
Noun
morgan (plural morgans)
(medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Anagrams
• Garmon, Gorman, garmon, mongra
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"gan, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of a celebrated breed of American trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud from which the breed originated in Vermont.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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