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

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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

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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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