"morris" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒɹɪs/ Audio: en-us-morris.ogg [US] Forms: morrises [plural]
Etymology: From Moorish. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Moorish}} Moorish Head templates: {{en-noun}} morris (plural morrises)
  1. (weaponry) A type of pike. Categories (topical): Weapons, Polearms
    Sense id: en-morris-en-noun-mXaxi7lX Disambiguation of Polearms: 26 30 36 8 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. A morris dance. Categories (topical): Polearms
    Sense id: en-morris-en-noun-1KaUqNED Disambiguation of Polearms: 26 30 36 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒɹɪs/ Audio: en-us-morris.ogg [US] Forms: morrises [plural]
Etymology: From Morris, the surname of its discoverer. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Morris}} Morris Head templates: {{en-noun}} morris (plural morrises)
  1. (obsolete) The young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Polearms Categories (lifeform): Eels Related terms: border morris, Cotswold morris dancing, morris-dancer, morris dancer, morris-pike, nine men's morris
    Sense id: en-morris-en-noun-HdrR3iWf Disambiguation of Polearms: 26 30 36 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 57 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 8 52 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 7 65 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɒɹɪs/ Audio: en-us-morris.ogg [US] Forms: morrises [present, singular, third-person], morrising [participle, present], morrised [participle, past], morrised [past]
Etymology: From Moorish. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Moorish}} Moorish Head templates: {{en-verb}} morris (third-person singular simple present morrises, present participle morrising, simple past and past participle morrised)
  1. To perform morris dancing.
    Sense id: en-morris-en-verb-LhNgZd1S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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