Associations to the word «Morgan»

Wiktionary

MORGAN, noun. (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
MORGAN, proper noun. A male given name
MORGAN, proper noun. A female given name
MORGAN, proper noun. A patronymic Welsh surname​.
MORGAN, proper noun. Any of many place names.
MORGAN, noun. A horse of a compact breed originating in Vermont.
MORGAN LE FAY, proper noun. (Arthurian legend) The half-sister of King Arthur

Dictionary definition

MORGAN, noun. United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881).
MORGAN, noun. United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945).
MORGAN, noun. A Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688).
MORGAN, noun. Soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802).
MORGAN, noun. United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913).
MORGAN, noun. An American breed of small compact saddle horses.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.