morris
IPA: mˈɔrʌs
noun
- (weaponry) A type of pike.
- A morris dance.
- (obsolete) The young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species.
- (countable) A male given name
- A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (countable) A surname.
- An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis (“descendant of Maurice”).
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
- A placename
- A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
- A town in Alabama, United States; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
- A town in Connecticut, United States; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
- A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States; named for railroad official Charles A. Morris.
- A town and village in New York, United States; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.
- A city in Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States; named for a local family.
- A ghost town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
- A town in Wisconsin, United States.
- A type of folk dance originating in England.
- A former make of British motor car.
verb
- To perform morris dancing.
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Examples of "morris" in Sentences
- The grounds are now the Morris Arboretum.
- They started to dance with the morris music.
- The production is filled with morris dancing.
- Morris was named the president of the commission.
- We could just as easily have been watching morris dancing.
- Two groups of morris dancers picked the county's historic music.
- Bevan, who is a morris dancer, was the founding chairman of the party.
- Imagine if UK producers transformed traditional Morris dancing songs into house bangers.
- Morris dancing in Lincolnshire dates back many centuries and was first mentioned in the Grimsby area.
- I grew up with folk music and dance, connected with the Nelson contra dancers and the Morris dancing community.
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