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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.


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.


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  
/ môrgən /
  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.


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

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“The software sale is the easy part,” ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said at a Morgan Stanley conference earlier this month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Morgan Stanley estimated the Chinese supply chain could cut the cost of making a humanoid robot by as much as two-thirds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

CrowdStrike Holdings is having a stellar month, and that hot run isn’t just a momentary blip, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Morgan and BofA Securities both downgraded Nike’s stock to neutral.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The CEO explained that Morgan Stanley had certain “hedges” against its subprime mortgage risk and that “the hedges didn’t perform adequately in extraordinary market condition of late October and November.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis