Morton

Definition: Morton

Morton

Noun

1. United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941).

"Morton" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a moor town".

Date "Morton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Synonyms: Morton

Synonyms: Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton (n), Jelly Roll Morton (n). (additional references)

Morton is the name of several places in the United States of America:

Morton, Illinois
Morton, Pennsylvania

Morton, France is also a commune in the Vienne département of France.

Morton is also the name of a football (soccer) club from Greenock, Scotland:

Morton FC

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Ever have Morton before? (Chicago; writing credit: Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse)
Movie/TV Titles	#2 Morton Downey in America's Greatest Composers Series (1932) #1 Morton Downey in America's Greatest Composers Series (1932) The Awakening of Bess Morton (1916) Mr. C.N. Morton (1897) Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (1992)
Song Titles	Love Life (performing artist: Morton Zoe)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Morton Industrial Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley (reference) Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman (reference) I'm in Love With the Morton Salt Girl (reference) Morton Gould: American Salute (reference) William Morton Wheeler, Biologist (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Morton Newspaper Research (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Salute to Jelly Roll Morton (reference) Bishop Paul Morton, Sr. & the Greater St. Stephen Mass Choir: We Offer Christ (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Jeremiah Morton On the EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Commander Jeremiah Morton, Marine artillery surveyor Served in the Marianas. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Medicine / Morton Levin. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[Dr. R. Morton Bolman]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	At Pearl Harbor, soon after the end of her third war patrol, circa 7 February 1943. Her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, is on the open bridge, in right center. Officer standing at left appears to be the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Richard H. O'Kane. Note: broom lashed to the periscope head, indicating a "clean sweep" of enemy targets encountered; pennant bearing the slogan "Shoot the sunza bitches" and eight small flags, representing claimed sinkings of two Japanese warships and six merchant vessels. Note that the forward radar mast, mounted in front of the periscope shears, has been censored out of this photograph. Credit: NAVY.		Scene in the control room during Wahoo's 27 January 1943 action with a Japanese destroyer. When the photo was taken the submarine was at 300 feet, rigged for depth charges. Six charges had just gone off and the crew was awaiting more. Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, Wahoo's Commanding Officer, reported this action as: "Another running gun fight ... destroyer gunning ... Wahoo running". Shaved head on crewman at right is a product of an Equator crossing ceremony three days previously. Credit: NAVY.
	Treasury Dept., in mourning for Oliver Perry Morton (1823-1877). Credit: Library of Congress.		Petersburg, Va. Federal line near Fort Morton. Credit: Library of Congress.
	John P. Morton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left. Credit: Library of Congress.		Scene at the late reconnaisance at Morton Ford -(night). Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Ecuador	Morton (U.S.) produces salt with a local partner. (references)
	Democratic Republic of Congo	Discovered in 1482 by Portuguese navigator Diego Cao and later explored by English journalist Henry Morton Stanley, the area was officially colonized in 1885 as a personal possession of Belgian King Leopold II as the Congo Free State. (references)
	Tanzania	Two German missionaries reached Mt. Kilimanjaro in the 1840s. British explorers Richard Burton and John Speke crossed the interior to Lake Tanganyika in 1857. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary-explorer who crusaded against the slave trade, established his last mission at Ujiji, where he was "found" by Henry Morton Stanley, an American journalist-explorer, who had been commissioned by the New York Herald to locate him. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bob Costas	Right. But you never put Mays or Mantle on the spoke of your bike. Bubba Morton was on the spoke of your bike.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Morton" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Morton" is used about 868 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	868	8,164

The following table summarizes the usage of "Morton" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Morton	First name Male	7,000	815
Morton	Last name	25,000	462
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Morton" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a moor town".

The following table summarizes names related to "Morton."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Mort	Male	English	Morton
Morton	Male	English	N/A
Morty	Male	English	Morton
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Morton, IL (village, FIPS 50621)
Location: 40.61118 N, 89.46784 W
Population (1990): 13799 (5482 housing units)
Area: 31.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 61550
Country: USA

2. Morton, MN (city, FIPS 44368)
Location: 44.55298 N, 94.98485 W
Population (1990): 448 (214 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 56270
Country: USA

3. Morton, MS (city, FIPS 49080)
Location: 32.35554 N, 89.65639 W
Population (1990): 3212 (1181 housing units)
Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 39117
Country: USA

4. Morton, PA (borough, FIPS 51176)
Location: 39.91090 N, 75.32696 W
Population (1990): 2851 (1219 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 19070
Country: USA

5. Morton, TX (city, FIPS 49464)
Location: 33.72461 N, 102.75821 W
Population (1990): 2597 (980 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 79346
Country: USA

6. Morton, WA (city, FIPS 47175)
Location: 46.55803 N, 122.28007 W
Population (1990): 1130 (513 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 98356
Country: USA

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Expressions: Morton

Expressions using "Morton": elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie ♦ Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton ♦ jelly Roll Morton ♦ Morton County ♦ Morton Grove ♦ Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Morton": Morton-in-marsh, Morton-on-swale, Morton-williams.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Morton

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
morton building	426	morton illinois	31
morton grove il	218	morton plant	30
morton	188	morton neuroma	29
morton college	146	morton grove	29
morton arboretum	135	morton high school	29
morton il	121	johnnie morton	29
morton salt	119	barn morton	26
morton plant hospital	86	morton mn	25
samantha morton	74	grove morton pharmaceutical	24
jelly roll morton	69	morton international	23
bishop paul morton	65	hospital mease morton plant	22
morton pa	47	don morton sports	22
paul morton	44	bishop paul s morton	21
morton ms	43	david morton sean	21
alicia morton	42	bank community morton	21
morton wa	42	mark morton	21
artist by dog in julia morton pastel portrait	41	morton east high school	19
mease morton plant	41	morton downey jr	19
morton restaurant	38	house morton steak	18
hospital morton	31	karen morton	18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Morton

Misspellings
	"Morton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dorton, Kortun, Mertoun, Mordo, Morgon, Moroti, Morson, Morston, mortin, morto, Mortons, Moton, Motru, Mourton, Muirton, Muirtown, Myretoun, Myrto, Myrton, Ortona, Ortony, Torton, Tortoni, Worton. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Morton

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "m-n-o-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: moron, motor.
	-2 letters: mono, moon, moor, moot, morn, mort, norm, onto, room, root, roto, toom, toon, torn, toro.
	-3 letters: mon, moo, mor, mot, nom, noo, nor, not, oot, ort, rom, rot, tom, ton, too, tor.
	-4 letters: mo, no, om, on, or, to.
	Words containing the letters "m-n-o-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: monitor, montero.
	+2 letters: anteroom, mesotron, monitors, monitory, monocrat, monteros, moonport, moonwort, moronity, motioner, motoring, motorman, motormen, nonmetro, pronotum, remotion, trombone.
	+3 letters: anterooms, astronomy, contemnor, cormorant, dominator, dynamotor, formation, jointworm, mellotron, mesotrons, metronome, microtone, moneywort, monitored, monocrats, monoester, monometer, monotreme, monstrous, moonports, moonworts, motioners, motorings, nominator, promoting, promotion, protonema, remotions, snowstorm, tonometer, tonometry, tormentor, trombones.
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