morgan

plural morgans

1. medicineA unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

plural Morgans

1. A unisex given name.
   1. countableuncountableA male or female given name

      The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.

      2025 November 13, David Hytner, “Saka and Eze strikes sink Serbia as England maintain perfect World Cup qualifying record”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2026

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      Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.

      2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025

   2. countableuncountableA male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
2. countableA surname.

   Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.

   2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025

   1. countableuncountableA surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
   2. countableuncountableA surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
   3. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
   4. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
   3. countableuncountableA ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
   4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
   5. countableuncountableA city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
   6. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
   7. countableuncountableA minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
   8. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   11. countableuncountableA town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
   13. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableArthurian legendEllipsis of Morgan le Fay.

plural Morgans

1. A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
2. A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
3. numismatic slangA Morgan dollar.