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Morrison   /mˈɔrɪsən/   Listen
Morrison

noun
1.
United States rock singer (1943-1971).  Synonyms: James Douglas Morrison, Jim Morrison.
2.
United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931).  Synonyms: Chloe Anthony Wofford, Toni Morrison.



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... artist's work. By the gracious consent of H.M. the Queen, the Cimabue in the Buckingham Palace collection, is here reproduced. Especial thanks are also due to Lord Davey, Lord Hillingdon, Lord Rosebery, Mrs. Dyson-Perrins, the late Mr. Alfred Morrison, Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Lady Halle, Mr. Alex. Henderson, Mr. Francis Reckitts, the late Sir Henry Tate, the Birmingham and Manchester Corporations, and the President and Council of the Royal Academy, who have kindly permitted the reproduction of pictures in their possession. ...
— Frederic Lord Leighton - An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work • Ernest Rhys

... isn't to be thought of, Aunty Nan," said Mrs. William Morrison decisively. Mrs. William Morrison was one of those people who always speak decisively. If they merely announce that they are going to peel the potatoes for dinner their hearers realize that there is no possible escape for the potatoes. Moreover, these people ...
— Chronicles of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... seems to have guided her private practice, for we read: "Dr. Inglis was perhaps seen at her best in her dispensary work, for she was truly the friend and the champion of the working woman, and especially of the mother in poor circumstances and struggling to bring up a large family. Morrison Street Dispensary and St. Anne's Dispensary were the centre of this work, and for years to come mothers will be found in this district who will relate how Dr. Inglis put at their service the best of her professional skill and, ...
— Elsie Inglis - The Woman with the Torch • Eva Shaw McLaren

... Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch. In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours. The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, ...
— Fenwick's Career • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... you, Kate, or you will get it from your 'familiar.' You have heard of our rich cousin in Cuba, Henry Morrison?" ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857 • Various


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