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Definition of 'morris'English
Etymology 1
From (Moorish).
Noun
( es)
(weapons) A type of pike.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.:
- Another kind of pike called a morris , that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.
See also
* Morris dancing
Etymology 2
From (Morris), the surname of its discoverer.
Noun
( es)
A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
( Webster 1913)
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