Morgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹɡən/
rhymes: -ɔɹɡən
Forms: form: Morgans
Senses: examples: text: Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.
ref: 2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post:
glosses: A unisex given name.
A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
glosses: A unisex given name.
A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
examples: text: Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.
ref: 2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (Merrigan).
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (Morahan).
glosses: A placename:
A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
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An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
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A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
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A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
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A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
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A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
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A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
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A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
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A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
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An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
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A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
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An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
qualifier: Arthurian legend
glosses: Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.
Derived terms: Adams Morgan
Fort Morgan
Glamorgan
Morgana
Morgan City
Morgan County
Morgan dollar
Morgan Island
Morganton
Morgantown
Mount Morgan