What is the meaning of Morris?

  • (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
  • (n.) An old game played with counters or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
  • (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.
  • (n.) A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
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