Maurice

[ mawr-is, mor-, maw-rees; for 3 also French maw-rees ]

/ ˈmɔr ɪs, ˈmɒr-, mɔˈris; for 3 also French mɔˈris /

noun

German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.

of Nassau,1567–1625, Dutch statesman.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for maurice

Maurice, a 22-year-old father, says the cops planted weed on him after he was arrested once.

Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown |Batya Ungar-Sargon |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
But, in Jamaica, Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his country after his marriage to his Canadian husband made front-page news.

A Quorum For Change: The Fight For Global LGBT Equality |Justin Jones |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was taken into one by Maurice, a gnarled old Vietnam vet in a wooly hat.

Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On |Tina Brown |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maurice has been in prison for 46 years for a homicide committed at the age of 22.

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Maurice de Palo, a pharmacist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

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Maurice passed the night on the battle-field; the admiral supping with him in his tent.

History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete |John Lothrop Motley
So you are going to make friends with Angela, Maurice observed lightly, when the servant had gone.

Paths of Judgement |Anne Douglas Sedgwick
To the student of military history the campaigns and sieges of Maurice, and especially the earlier: ones, are of great importance.

History of the United Netherlands, 1590-1599, Vol. III. Complete |John Lothrop Motley
Maurice arrived in Washington without having apprised his father of his purposed visit.

Fairy Fingers |Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
He sent Maurice a bottle of his Lemonbeer and asked him to write an appreciation of that noxious fluid.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for maurice

Maurice

/ (ˈmɒrɪs) /

noun

1521–53, duke of Saxony (1541–53) and elector of Saxony (1547–53). He was instrumental in gaining recognition of Protestantism in Germany

known as Maurice of Nassau. 1567–1625, prince of Orange and count of Nassau; the son of William the Silent, after whose death he led the United Provinces of the Netherlands in their struggle for independence from Spain (achieved by 1609)

Frederick Denison. 1805–72, English Anglican theologian and pioneer of Christian socialism

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