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.

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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.

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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  

/ môr′gən /

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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Etymology

Origin of Morgan

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

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Example Sentences

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Morgan

Morgan Stanley cuts shares to equal-weight from overweight, and drops the price target to $120 from $135.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Morgan Gibbs-White was probably the unluckiest player to be left out of the initial squad last time around when Tuchel got his players together in September.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Rep. Morgan Luttrell also chose not to run for reelection after two terms.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Incumbent Controller Malia Cohen won reelection over challenger Herb Morgan, a Republican finance and investment advisor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

He ran Morgan Stanley’s asset-backed bond trading, which effectively put him in charge of the firm’s bets on subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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