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Definition of Sir Henry Morgan
1. Noun. A Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Henry Morgan
Literary usage of Sir Henry Morgan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with
benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."
2. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with
benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."
3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"... Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor of Jamaica.1 But when we find
him handing over to the tender mercies of the Spaniards a whole crew of ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"... by Westminster—Sir Henry Morgan .called" The Buccaneer"—Family of Ward of
Yorkshire; English Nunnery at Bruges—Mr. Christopher Bullock, " the Suffolk ..."
5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"But Sir Henry Morgan.* NOTE. — The bird's-eye view (on the preceding page) of
the Chateau of Monsieur le G£n£ral de Poincy at St. Christophers is reduced ..."
6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"After this our capacity for amazement is so far exhausted that we read with
benumbed acquiescence how in 1682 Sir Henry Morgan was appointed deputy-governor ..."
7. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1905)
"OF the Welshmen who have played a part in the stirring drama of Empire-building,
there is none so generally known as Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer. ..."
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