Merton

[ mur-tn ]

/ ˈmɜr tn /

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noun

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

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

a borough of Greater London, England.

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How to use Merton in a sentence

Myron Scholes and Robert Merton won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1997, by which time Black had died.
This Week’s Hot Reads, Dec. 31, 2012|Nicholas Mancusi, Jimmy So|December 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“She was the closest thing I felt like I had to a daughter,” Merton told The Daily Beast on Sunday.
Family of Olivia Engel, Lost in Newtown, Remembers Their Daughter|Matthew DeLuca|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That Brayden will not get to grow up with his big sister is perhaps what hurts the Engels the most, Merton said.
Family of Olivia Engel, Lost in Newtown, Remembers Their Daughter|Matthew DeLuca|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Merton said that on Friday, Olivia had been excited to get home from school and make a gingerbread house.
Family of Olivia Engel, Lost in Newtown, Remembers Their Daughter|Matthew DeLuca|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Reader of Thomas Merton and that bunch (and indeed Niebuhr--look at how Obama apparently immersed himself in Niebuhr).
What Kind of Christian Is Barack Obama?|Michael Tomasky|May 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Old Merton embraced the commission, for he happened to need Meadows's advice and assistance.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
I am here to tell, not the great tale of gold, but the little story of how Susan Merton was affected thereby.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
The female servants were called to assist her, and old Merton and Meadows left her in their hands, feeble, but calm and thankful.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Old Merton saw now how the land lay, and he clung to a marriage between these two as his only hope.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
And don't you see that, when the writ is served on old Merton, he will be as strong as fire for me and against him.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade

British Dictionary definitions for Merton (1 of 2)

Merton¹

/ (ˈmɜːtən) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for Merton (2 of 2)

Merton²

/ (ˈmɜːtən) /

noun

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

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