/mawr"is, mor"-/ , n.
1. Gouverneur /guv'euhr near"/ , 1752-1816, U.S. statesman.
2. Robert , 1734-1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.
3. William , 1834-96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.
4. Wright , born 1910, U.S. novelist.
5. a male given name, form of Maurice .