MORRIS

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• MORRIS (noun)
  The noun MORRIS has 4 senses:

1. United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)

2. English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

3. leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

4. United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

  Familiarity information: MORRIS used as a noun is uncommon.

• MORRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris; Esther Morris; Morris

Instance hypernyms:

suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))

Sense 2

Meaning:

English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Morris; William Morris

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Morris; Robert Morris

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gouverneur Morris; Morris

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

 Context examples 

I took his right hand, and Lord Godalming his left; Jonathan held my right with his left and stretched across to Mr. Morris.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Once in his rooms, he dropped into a Morris chair and sat staring straight before him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire RDQ Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A standardized rating scale developed by John C. Morris in 1997 to evaluate the severity of an individual's cognitive impairment.

(Clinical Dementia Rating Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire RDQ Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

‘Oh,’ said he, ‘his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. He moved out yesterday.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Will grow transplantable Morris hepatomas 3924A which can be used as a model for the treatment of liver cancer (Yang et al 1995).

(ACI, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

John C. Morris, MD, Chair, and the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center.

(Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Created and published by the ADC Clinical Task Force (John C. Morris, MD, Chair) and the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (Walter A. Kukull, PhD, Director).

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Roland Morris disability questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire RDQ Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)