w. t. g. morton
tn noun
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Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
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William Thomas Green, 1819–68, U.S. dentist: first to employ ether as an anesthetic.
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a town in central Illinois.
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a male given name: a family name taken from a Norman placename meaning “town on the moor.”
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| 1. | 4th Earl of, title of James Douglas. 1516--81, regent of Scotland (1572--78) for the young James VI. He was implicated in the murders of Rizzio (1566) and Darnley (1567) and played a leading role in ousting Mary, Queen of Scots; executed |
| 2. | Jelly Roll, real name Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton. 1885--1941, US jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter; one of the creators of New Orleans jazz |
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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.
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