Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun morgan

6 senses of morgan

Sense 1
Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan -- (United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881))
       INSTANCE OF=> anthropologist -- (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

Sense 2
Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan -- (United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945))
       INSTANCE OF=> biologist, life scientist -- ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

Sense 3
Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan -- (a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688))
       INSTANCE OF=> pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover -- (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)

Sense 4
Morgan, Daniel Morgan -- (soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802))
       INSTANCE OF=> soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")

Sense 5
Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan -- (United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913))
       INSTANCE OF=> financier, moneyman -- (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

Sense 6
Morgan -- (an American breed of small compact saddle horses)
       => saddle horse, riding horse, mount -- (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)