(môr′is, mor′-) noun
1. An old English rustic dance, in which the performers took the part of Robin Hood and other characters in English folklore.
2. A dance by a single dancer with castanets. Also mor′rice, morris dance. [Earlier morys, morish Moorish]

(môr′is, mor′-), Gouverneur,
1752–1816, American statesman; financier.
—Robert,
1734–1806, American statesman, financier, and philanthropist; signer of the Declaration of Independence.
—William,
1834–96, English painter, craftsman, poet, and socialist; invented the Morris chair, an armchair with an adjustable back.