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morgan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun morgan has 6 senses
- morgan(n = noun.person) lewis henry morgan - United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881); Array is a kind of anthropologist
- morgan(n = noun.person) thomas hunt morgan - United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945); Array is a kind of biologist, life scientist
- morgan(n = noun.person) henry morgan, sir henry morgan - a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688); Array is a kind of buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover
- morgan(n = noun.person) daniel morgan - soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802); Array is a kind of soldier
- morgan(n = noun.person) j. p. morgan, john pierpont morgan - United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913); Array is a kind of financier, moneyman
- morgan(n = noun.animal) Array - an American breed of small compact saddle horses; Array is a kind of mount, riding horse, saddle horse
CIDE DICTIONARY
morgan, n.
One of a celebrated breed of small compact American saddle and trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud (Justin Morgan) from which the breed originated in Vermont. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
morgan, prop. n.
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