MORRISON

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

1. United States rock singer (1943-1971)

2. United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)

  Familiarity information: MORRISON used as a noun is rare.

• MORRISON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States rock singer (1943-1971)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Douglas Morrison; Jim Morrison; Morrison

Instance hypernyms:

rock star (a famous singer of rock music)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chloe Anthony Wofford; Morrison; Toni Morrison

Instance hypernyms:

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

 Context examples 

To find answers, Williams and colleague Keith Morrison of ASU set out to identify naturally-occurring antibacterial clays effective at killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

It lasted forty minutes, and at a quarter-past nine Mrs. Barclay returned home, having left Miss Morrison at her door as she passed.

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

To find out, Williams and Morrison took samples from the main OMT open pit.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

But Miss Morrison had been with her during the whole of that hour and a half.

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

She then called for Miss Morrison, a young lady who lives in the next villa, and the two went off together to their meeting.

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

Of course, we do not yet know what the relations may have been between Alec Cunningham, William Kirwan, and Annie Morrison.

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

Miss Morrison is a little, ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes and blonde hair, but I found her by no means wanting in shrewdness and common sense.

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

I took the obvious course, therefore, of calling upon Miss Morrison, of explaining to her that I was perfectly certain that she held the facts in her possession, and of assuring her that her friend, Mrs. Barclay, might find herself in the dock upon a capital charge unless the matter were cleared up.

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

If you will only come round at quarter to twelve to the east gate you will learn what will very much surprise you and maybe be of the greatest service to you and also to Annie Morrison.

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

It was not easy to pick one’s steps, but, on the whole, I was inclined to dismiss the idea that there had been anything between the Colonel and Miss Morrison, but more than ever convinced that the young lady held the clue as to what it was which had turned Mrs. Barclay to hatred of her husband.

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