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morrion

morrion is the alternative form of morion.

Meaning of morion

Noun (1)

morion (plural morions)

  1. (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.
    • The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

morion (plural morions)

  1. A brown or black variety of quartz.

Forms of morrion

pluralmorrions

Questions about morrion

What is morrion the alternative form of?
Morrion is the alternative form of morion.

Words near morrion in the dictionary

  1. Morrill County
  2. Morrills
  3. Morrilton
  4. Morrin
  5. Morrinsville
  6. morrion
  7. morrions
  8. morris
  9. Morris chair
  10. Morris chairs
  11. Morris column

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