"Mortonian" meaning in English

See Mortonian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Morton + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Morton|ian}} Morton + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Mortonian (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), American physician and natural scientist. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Mortonian-en-adj-Z-ADn7a1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. Of or relating to John Maddison Morton (1811–1891), English playwright who specialised in one-act farces. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Mortonian-en-adj-h120SSjv Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 48 52
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