Meaning of Morris | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of pike.
2. The young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species.
   obsolete
3. A male given name.
   countable, uncountable
4. A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
   countable, uncountable
5. A morris dance.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
7. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
8. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
   countable, uncountable
9. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis, from Ó (“descendant”) and Muirghis (“of Maurice”).
   countable, uncountable
10. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
    countable, uncountable
11. A placename:
    countable, uncountable
12. A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
    countable, uncountable
13. A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312.
    countable, uncountable
14. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
15. A town in Jefferson County, Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
    countable, uncountable
16. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
    countable, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Georgia; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
    countable, uncountable
18. A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois.
    countable, uncountable
19. A township in Grundy County, Illinois.
    countable, uncountable
20. An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
21. A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota; named for railroad official Charles A. Morris.
    countable, uncountable
22. A township in Stevens County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
23. A town and village in Otsego County, New York; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.
    countable, uncountable
24. A township in Knox County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
25. A city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
    countable, uncountable
26. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
27. Four other townships in Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, Greene County, Huntingdon County and Washington County.
    countable, uncountable
28. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia; named for a local family.
    countable, uncountable
29. A ghost town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
30. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
31. A type of folk dance originating in England.
    countable, uncountable
32. A former make of British motor car.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.”

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