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mo•ri•on1
(môr′ē on′, mōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
mo•ri•on2 (môr′ē on′, mōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Heraldryan open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Spanish morrión, equivalent. to morr(o) top of head + -ión noun, nominal suffix
- Middle French
- 1555–65
mo•ri•on2 (môr′ē on′, mōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Jewelry, Mineralogya variety of smoky quartz of a dark-brown or nearly black color.
- Latin mōrion, misreading of mormorion a kind of crystal
- 1740–50
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