moran

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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7
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9
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5

Definition of moran

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
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name

  1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
  2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
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  9. A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.

noun

  1. (Africa, East)An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
  2. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of moron, sometimes intentional.

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Etymology

* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin,…

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* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning. * As an English surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán. * As a French surname, variant of Morin. * Variant of the English and French surname Morant.

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