Associations to the word «Morton»

Wiktionary

MORTON, proper noun. Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh".
MORTON, proper noun. An English and Scottish habitational surname​ from the placename.
MORTON, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Dictionary definition

MORTON, noun. United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941).

Wise words

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