WILLIAM MORRIS

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• WILLIAM MORRIS (noun)
  The noun WILLIAM MORRIS has 1 sense:

1. English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

  Familiarity information: WILLIAM MORRIS used as a noun is very rare.

• WILLIAM MORRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Morris; William Morris

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

‘Oh,’ said he, ‘his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. He moved out yesterday.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was a manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no one in it had ever heard of either Mr. William Morris or Mr. Duncan Ross.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)