Definition of Sir Henry Morgan

1. Noun. A Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688).

Exact synonyms: Henry Morgan, Morgan
Generic synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Henry Morgan

Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Sir Frederick William Herschel
Sir Galahad
Sir Gawain
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
Sir George Otto Trevelyan
Sir George Paget Thomson
Sir Geraint
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
Sir Harold George Nicolson
Sir Harold Walter Kroto
Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Sir Henry Bessemer
Sir Henry Joseph Wood
Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm
Sir Henry Morgan (current term)
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Percy
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Wood
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Sir Howard Walter Florey
Sir Humphrey Davy
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Pitman
Sir Jack Hobbs
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray

Literary usage of Sir Henry Morgan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."

2. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."

3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"... Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor of Jamaica.1 But when we find him handing over to the tender mercies of the Spaniards a whole crew of ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"... by Westminster—Sir Henry Morgan .called" The Buccaneer"—Family of Ward of Yorkshire; English Nunnery at Bruges—Mr. Christopher Bullock, " the Suffolk ..."

5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"But Sir Henry Morgan.* NOTE. — The bird's-eye view (on the preceding page) of the Chateau of Monsieur le G£n£ral de Poincy at St. Christophers is reduced ..."

6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."

7. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1905)
"OF the Welshmen who have played a part in the stirring drama of Empire-building, there is none so generally known as Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer. ..."

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