[mawr-is, mor-] 
| 1. | Esther Hobart Mc⋅Quigg Slack [muh-kwig -slak] , 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist. |
| 2. | Gouv⋅er⋅neur [guhv-er-neer] , 1752–1816, U.S. statesman. |
| 3. | Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England. |
| 4. | William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer. |
| 5. | Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist. |
| 6. | a male given name, form of Maurice. |
[mawr-is, mor-] | a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, esp. in May Day festivities. |
| mor·ris (môr'ĭs, mŏr'-) n. An English folk dance in which a story is enacted by costumed dancers. [Middle English moreys (daunce), morris (dance), from moreys, Moorish, from Old French morois, from More, Moor; see Moor.] mor'ris adj. |
| Mor·ris (môr'ĭs, mŏr'-) American suffragist who was instrumental in the passage of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory (1869) and was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States (1870). |
| Morris, Gouverneur 1752-1816. American political leader and diplomat who led the committee that produced the final draft of the U.S. Constitution (1787). |
| Morris, Robert 1734-1806. American Revolutionary politician and financier. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he raised money for the Continental Army, attended the Constitutional Convention (1787), and was financially ruined by land speculation. |
| Morris, William 1834-1896. British poet, painter, craftsman, and social reformer best remembered for his wallpaper and furniture designs and his poetry, including the epic Sigurd the Volsung (1876). |
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