Morgan

¹ American  

[mawr-guhn] / ˈmɔr gən /

noun

1. one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.

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Morgan ² American  

[mawr-guhn] / ˈmɔr gən /

noun

1. Charles Langbridge 1894–1958, English novelist and critic.

2. Daniel, 1736–1802, American Revolutionary general.

3. Sir Henry, 1635?–88, Welsh buccaneer in the Americas.

4. John Hunt, 1826–64, Confederate general in the American Civil War.

5. J(ohn) P(ierpont) 1837–1913, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

6. his son John Pierpont, 1867–1943, U.S. financier.

7. Julia, 1872–1957, U.S. architect.

8. Lewis Henry, 1818–81, U.S. ethnologist and anthropologist.

9. Thomas Hunt, 1866–1945, U.S. zoologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1933.

10. a male or female given name.

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Morgan ¹ British  

/ ˈmɔːɡən /

noun

1. Edwin ( George ). (1920–2010), Scottish poet, noted esp for his collection The Second Life (1968) and his many concrete and visual poems; appointed Scottish national poet 2004

2. Sir Henry. 1635–88, Welsh buccaneer, who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English

3. John Pierpont. 1837–1913, US financier, philanthropist, and art collector

4. ( Hywel ) Rhodri (ˈrɒdrɪ). born 1939, Welsh Labour politician; first minister of Wales (2000–09)

5. Thomas Hunt. 1866–1945, US biologist. He formulated the chromosome theory of heredity. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1933

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Morgan ² British  

/ ˈmɔːɡən /

noun

1. an American breed of small compact saddle horse

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Morgan Scientific  

/ môr′gən /

1. American zoologist whose experiments with fruit flies demonstrated that hereditary traits are carried by genes on chromosomes and that traits can cross over from one chromosome to another. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1933.

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Etymology

Origin of Morgan

First recorded in 1865–70; named after the original sire owned by Justin Morgan (1747–98), a New England teacher

Example Sentences

Morgan’s chief economist, Michael Feroli, is already expecting consumer spending to grow by just 1.5% this quarter, the smallest percentage in a year.

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"It is a cornerstone of Iran's economy and a major source of revenue for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards," JP Morgan added, referring to Iran's well-resourced ideological army which has major economic interests.

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Morgan Stanley Global Economist Arunima Sinha notes that the uncertainty of war makes consumers likely to want to build up their savings.

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Already officials are looking into a project from Phillips 66 and pipeline giant Kinder Morgan that could deliver gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from as far as Missouri by 2029.

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Morgan’s Parker says his firm recently upped the high end of its year-end S&P 500 target to 7600, nearly 14% above current levels.

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