n. An English folk dance in which a story is enacted by costumed dancers. [Middle English moreys (daunce), morris (dance), from moreys, Moorish, from Old French morois, from More, Moor; see MOOR.] morris adj. |
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British poet, painter, craftsman, and social reformer best remembered for his wallpaper and furniture designs and his poetry, including the epic Sigurd the Volsung (1876). |
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American political leader and diplomat who, as a member of the Constitutional Convention (1787), drafted large sections of the US Constitution. |
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