What does "morgan" mean?

A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Morgan

Q: What is a synonym for "morgan"?

Common synonyms include: daniel morgan, john pierpont morgan, lewis henry morgan, morgan horse, sir henry morgan, thomas hunt morgan.

//ˈmɔɹɡən// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
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A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
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an American breed of small compact saddle horses wordnet
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A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
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A Morgan dollar.

Proper Noun

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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”. countable, uncountable
"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."
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A unisex given name.; A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough). countable, uncountable
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A surname. countable
"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."
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A surname.; A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. countable, uncountable
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A surname.; A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name. countable, uncountable

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A surname.; A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”). countable, uncountable
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A surname.; A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”). countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A minor city in Bosque County, Texas. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in West Virginia. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
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A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township. countable, uncountable
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Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable