Maurice

American  

[mawr-is, mor-, maw-rees, maw-rees] / ˈmɔr ɪs, ˈmɒr-, mɔˈris, mɔˈris /

noun

1. German Moritz.  1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.

2. of Nassau, 1567–1625, Dutch statesman.

3. a male given name.

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Maurice British  

/ ˈmɒrɪs /

noun

1. 1521–53, duke of Saxony (1541–53) and elector of Saxony (1547–53). He was instrumental in gaining recognition of Protestantism in Germany

2. 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)

3. Frederick Denison. 1805–72, English Anglican theologian and pioneer of Christian socialism

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Example Sentences

But customers “don’t want to drive out to some industrial park,” says Maurice Pogoda, whose Farmington, Mich.-based National Storage Management Co. owns or operates 72 facilities in the Midwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The trigger could be a loss of investor confidence that governments can pay back their debt, or even a rethink of the economic benefits of AI, said Maurice Obstfeld, a former IMF chief economist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

I did not realize how much of an influence Maurice White’s production and writing, he and Philip Bailey, had on me.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

In the spring of 1951, Maurice Wilkins gave a scientific talk at the Zoological Station in Naples—at the laboratory where Boveri and Morgan had once worked on urchins.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee