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Morris

American  
[mawr-is, mor-] / ˈmɔr ɪs, ˈmɒr- /

noun

  1. Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.

  2. Gouverneur 1752–1816, U.S. statesman.

  3. Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.

  4. William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.

  5. Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist.

  6. a male given name, form of Maurice.


Morris British  
/ ˈmɒrɪs /

noun

  1. William. 1834–96, English poet, designer, craftsman, and socialist writer. He founded the Kelmscott Press (1890)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In “The Forsaken Founder,” Scott S. Greenberger becomes the latest to try to give Morris a posthumous boost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

At the Philadelphia convention, Morris several times insisted on the need for impeachment in the case of a president in the pay of a foreign power.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

In 1789 Morris moved to Paris to tend to Robert Morris’s business affairs there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gouverneur Morris specified “corruption” as one of the “few” offenses for which he would favor impeachment.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Because my monarchs burned up in the Morris Fire, she reminded herself.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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