Morgan

1
[ mawr-guhn ]

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

Origin of Morgan

1
First recorded in 1865–70; named after the original sire owned by Justin Morgan (1747–98), a New England teacher

Other definitions for Morgan (2 of 2)

Morgan2
[ mawr-guhn ]

noun
  1. Charles Lang·bridge [lang-brij], /ˈlæŋˌbrɪdʒ/, 1894–1958, English novelist and critic.

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

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

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

  3. J(ohn) P(ier·pont) [peer-pont], /ˈpɪər pɒnt/, 1837–1913, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

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

  5. Julia, 1872–1957, U.S. architect.

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

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

  8. a male or female given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for Morgan (1 of 2)

Morgan1

/ (ˈmɔːɡən) /


noun
  1. an American breed of small compact saddle horse

Origin of Morgan

1
C19: named after Justin Morgan (1747–98), American owner of the original sire

British Dictionary definitions for Morgan (2 of 2)

Morgan2

/ (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

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

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

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

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Scientific definitions for Morgan

Morgan

[ 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.

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