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| 1. | Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton ), 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader. |
| 2. | Le⋅vi Par⋅sons [lee-vahy pahr-suhnz] , 1824–1920, vice president of the U.S. 1889–93; governor of New York 1895–96. |
| 3. | William Thomas Green, 1819–68, U.S. dentist: first to employ ether as an anesthetic. |
| 4. | a town in central Illinois. 14,178. |
| 5. | a male given name: a family name taken from a Norman placename meaning “town on the moor.” |
| Mor·ton (môr'tn) American musician and composer who recorded seminal jazz works during the 1920s and claimed to have invented jazz. |
| Morton, William Thomas Green 1819-1868. American dentist who demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic (1846). |
Morton Mor·ton (môr'tn), William Thomas Green. 1819-1868.
American dentist and pioneer anesthetist who in 1846 gave the first public demonstration of ether as an anesthetic in a surgical procedure.