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Mor·gan (môrgən)
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n.
A horse of a breed developed in the United States and noted for strength, endurance, and versatility.

[After Justin Morgan (1747-1798), American schoolteacher who owned the stallion, Figure, that founded the breed.]
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Morgan

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Morgan, Sir Henry 1635?-1688.
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Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean and was acting governor of Jamaica (1680-1682).

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Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866-1945.
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American biologist. He won a 1933 Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the function of chromosomes and the arrangement of genes on them.

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Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881.
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American anthropologist who, in Ancient Society (1877), proposed that cultures progress from "savagery" to "barbarism" to "civilization."

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Morgan, Julia 1872-1957.
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American architect who designed over 700 buildings in California and Hawaii, including Hearst Castle (completed 1947).

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Morgan, John Pierpont 1837-1913.
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American financier and philanthropist noted for his reorganization and control of major railroads, his consolidation of the US Steel Corporation (1901), and his collection of art and the establishment of the Morgan Library in New York City, which was donated to the public (1924) by his son John Pierpont, Jr. (1867-1943).

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Morgan, John Hunt 1825-1864.
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American Confederate soldier who led cavalry raids behind Union lines in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices

    Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:

    Indo-European Roots

    Semitic Roots

    The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.