Maurice

[ mawr-is, mor-, maw-rees; French maw-rees ]

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noun

Maurice

/ ˈmɒrɪs /

Maurice15211553MSaxonPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1521–53, duke of Saxony (1541–53) and elector of Saxony (1547–53). He was instrumental in gaining recognition of Protestantism in Germany
Maurice15671625MDutchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Maurice of Nassau. 1567–1625, prince of Orange and count of Nassau; the son of William the Silent, after whose death he led the United Provinces of the Netherlands in their struggle for independence from Spain (achieved by 1609)
MauriceFrederick Denison18051872MEnglishRELIGION: theologianPOLITICS: Christian socialist Frederick Denison. 1805–72, English Anglican theologian and pioneer of Christian socialism

Maurice, a 22-year-old father, says the cops planted weed on him after he was arrested once.

But, in Jamaica, Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his country after his marriage to his Canadian husband made front-page news.

I was taken into one by Maurice, a gnarled old Vietnam vet in a wooly hat.

Maurice has been in prison for 46 years for a homicide committed at the age of 22.

Maurice de Palo, a pharmacist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

What though Maurice wanted to persuade me at Paris that I had better take a britska, as more fashionable?

Picture frames, nicely moulded in brass, were made here in 1825, by a modeller named Maurice Garvey.

Notwithstanding these successes, the Dutch government disapproved of Count Maurice's administration.

She had no doubt in her own mind as to what it was that Maurice Capt had learnt at the village of Auray.

She had a very beautiful daughter, Amelie, whom the comte wished to marry to his secretary, Maurice de l'Hostal.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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