Merton

American  

[mur-tn] / ˈmɜr tn /

noun

1. Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.

2. Thomas, 1915–68, U.S. poet and religious writer, born in France.

3. a borough of Greater London, England.

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Merton ¹ British  

/ ˈmɜːtən /

noun

1. a borough in SW Greater London. Pop: 191 400 (2003 est). Area: 38 sq km (15 sq miles)

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Merton ² British  

/ ˈmɜːtən /

noun

1. Thomas ( Feverel ). 1915–68, US writer, monk, and mystic; noted esp for his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain (1948)

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Example Sentences

The landowners - Oxford University, Merton College and Exeter College - reached an agreement with the club and offered £4.3m for them to vacate the site.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

And then as I say in the book, I came home and turned on the TV and saw a documentary about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and monastic life and the priesthood.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

The Merton share is just a heuristic, but the main point is that investors should have a simple, rules-based framework in mind when thinking about sizing.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

The revolution accelerated in the 1960s, as researchers like Eugene Fama, Robert Merton and Myron Scholes were able to make use of the newly emerged data sets of market data.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025

He didn’t know if Pocock had talked to Ulbrickson, or if Merton Hatch had simply messed up in some spectacular way, or if Ulbrickson simply needed someone else at number seven for the day.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown