Morris chair
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Morris chair
First recorded in 1895–1900; named after William Morris
Example Sentences
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It was shared with his fellow researchers Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2023
This team had technical talent, especially in a chemist named Ernst Boris Chain, who had fled Nazi Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among them : Mrs. Florey, who is also a doctor, and Dr. Ernst Boris Chain, a brilliant half-French, half-Russian enzyme chemist who shares with Dr. Florey the honors for developing penicillin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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