Moore

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. A city of central Oklahoma, an industrial suburb of Oklahoma City. Population: 49,300.
2. Moore, Clement Clarke 1779-1863. American scholar and poet who wrote the Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas” (1823).
3. Moore, George 1852-1933. Irish writer whose works include poetry, drama, criticism, and novels, such as Esther Waters (1894).
4. Moore, George Edward 1873-1958. British philosopher whose theories, presented in Principia Ethica (1903) and other works, influenced 20th-century epistemology and linguistic analysis.
5. Moore, Henry 1898-1986. British sculptor whose works, mostly semiabstract human figures, are characterized by smooth organic forms.
6. Moore, Marianne Craig 1887-1972. American poet whose descriptive works, published in Poems (1921), Complete Poems (1967), and other collections, are characterized by wit, irony, and unconventional meter.
7. Moore, Thomas 1779-1852. Irish romantic poet. Many of his nostalgic and patriotic lyrics, such as "The Minstrel Boy,” were set to traditional Irish tunes.

Wiktionary

1. n. Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
2. n. An English and Irish surname similarly derived.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852)
2. n. English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935)
3. n. United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
4. n. English philosopher (1873-1958)
5. n. United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969)
6. n. British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)