Morris
Americannoun
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Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
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Gouverneur 1752–1816, U.S. statesman.
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Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.
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William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.
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Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist.
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a male given name, form of Maurice.
noun
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Guests: G. Elliott Morris, pollster, journalist, author of Strength in Numbers substack.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
The MP for Hexham Joe Morris who accompanied the Trusslers to see the minister said the government was taking the family's concerns seriously.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
In New York’s Provincial Congress Morris got a taste of constitution-writing when he helped craft the state’s postindependence document, alongside King’s College alumni John Jay and Robert Livingston.
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
Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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