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Morgan¹ Definition

Mor·gan (môr′gən)

noun

☆ any of a breed of strong, light riding horse, usually bay, chestnut, or black in color

Etymology: after Justin Morgan (1747-98), New Englander who owned the sire of the breed

Morgan² Definition

Mor·gan (môr′gən)

noun

a masculine and feminine name

Etymology: Welsh, lit., sea dweller (< mor, sea: see mare), akin to Ir Muirgen

Morgan³ Definition

Mor·gan (môr′gən)

  1. Morgan, Daniel 1736-1802; Am. Revolutionary general

  2. Morgan, Sir Henry 1635?-88; Welsh buccaneer in the Spanish Main

  3. Morgan, John Hunt 1825-64; Confederate general in the Civil War

  4. môr′gən

    Morgan, John Pierpont (pir′pänt′) 1867-1943; U.S. financier: son of J. P. Morgan

  5. Morgan, J(ohn) P(ierpont) 1837-1913; U.S. financier

  6. Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-81; U.S. anthropologist

  7. Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866-1945; U.S. geneticist

Morgan Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • david: Traveling with an i was like david morgan is on every cruise.
Morgan Quotes

Morgan liked to imagine the town as some immense yeast culture, left in a deep cupboard by an absent- minded lab technician, festering uncontrolled, running rampant in the ideal growing conditions.

—Boyd,William Andrew Murray