Morris Definition

môrĭs, mŏr-

noun

This dance.

Webster's New World

A masculine name: dim. Morrie, Morry.

Webster's New World

(weaponry) A type of pike.

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A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Synonyms:

Synonyms:
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris
Esther Morris
william morris
robert morris
gouverneur morris

adjective

Designating or of an old folk dance formerly common in England, esp. on May Day, in which costumes were worn, often those associated with characters in the Robin Hood legends.

Webster's New World

pronoun

An English and Scottish surname derived from the Norman given name Maurice.

Wiktionary

An Irish surname, anglicised from Ã“ Muirghis.

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A Welsh surname, anglicised from Meurig.

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A male given name, transferred from the surnames, or a spelling variant of Maurice.

Wiktionary

A town in Alabama.

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Other Word Forms of Morris

Noun

Singular:

morris

Plural:

morrises

Origin of Morris

Middle English moreys (daunce) morris (dance) from moreys Moorish from Old French morois from More Moor Moor

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.

From Wiktionary
From Moorish.

From Wiktionary