MERTON

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• MERTON (noun)
  The noun MERTON has 2 senses:

1. United States religious and writer (1915-1968)

2. United States sociologist (1910-2003)

  Familiarity information: MERTON used as a noun is rare.

• MERTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States religious and writer (1915-1968)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Merton; Thomas Merton

Instance hypernyms:

religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States sociologist (1910-2003)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Merton; Robert King Merton; Robert Merton

Instance hypernyms:

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

 Context examples 

“Have you heard about Vereker Merton?” asked Brummell, strolling up with one or two other exquisites at his heels.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What did Lord Merton do?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A walk of a few hundred yards brought us to the high building of discoloured brick in Piccadilly, which served the Hamiltons as a town house, and which Nelson used as his head-quarters when business or pleasure called him from Merton.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As Gatsby closed the door of "the Merton College Library"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)