Morrison

[ mawr-uh-suhn, mor- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Her·bert Stan·ley [hur, -bert , stan, -lee], 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
To·ni [toh, -nee], 1931–2019, U.S. novelist: Nobel Prize 1993.
a male given name.

Morrison

/ ˈmɒrɪsən /

MorrisonHerbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth18881965MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Herbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth. 1888–1965, British Labour statesman, Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security in Churchill's War Cabinet (1942–45)
MorrisonJim19431971MUSMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriter Jim, full name James Douglas Morrison. 1943–71, US rock singer and songwriter, lead vocalist with the Doors
MorrisonToni1931FUSWRITING: novelist Toni, full name Chloe Anthony Morrison. born 1931, US novelist, whose works include Sula (1974), Song of Solomon (1977), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1998): awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993
MorrisonVan1945MNorthern IrishMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriter Van, full name George Ivan Morrison. born 1945, Northern Irish rock singer and songwriter. His albums include Astral Weeks (1968), Moondance (1970), Avalon Sunset (1989), and Days Like These (1995)

Artists like Mick Jagger and Van Morrison obsessively revered and imitated African-American blues and rock musicians.

Morrison handed her a “Yes” campaign leaflet printed in Polish.

She said someone had already given her the literature in her native language, but Morrison was confident.

To date, Rita has been featured on records by DJ Fresh as well as UK RB musicians Craig David, Tinchy Stryder, and James Morrison.

And Stevie Wonder, and Prince, and Quincy Jones, and J.J. Abrams, and Toni Morrison, and…George R.R. Martin!

A pupil wrote:—Short steps … stepson … real son … more a son … Morrison.

On the other hand, at the four camps of Morrison & Daly were three hundred men each with four months' pay coming to him.

Lieutenant Morrison had just seen a field piece, not 200 yards away, pointing down the Plank Road.

The district is electoral; Askin Morrison, Esq., is the first member.

Morrison was chaplain as well as foreman to the little band of shipwrights.

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