Miriam

American  

[mir-ee-uhm] / ˈmɪr i əm /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the sister of Moses and Aaron.

2. a female given name, form of Mary.

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Miriam British  

/ ˈmɪrɪəm /

noun

1. Douay name: Mary.  Old Testament the sister of Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 12:1–15)

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Etymology

Origin of Miriam

From Late Latin Mariam, from Greek Mariám, from Hebrew Miryām, of uncertain origin; Mary ( def. )

Example Sentences

At the time, Stoppard was married to Miriam Stern, a well-known doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal

So Night and Day was about journalism and its purposes; the Real Thing was about love and infidelity and starred Felicity Kendal, for whom Stoppard left his second wife, the doctor and broadcaster Miriam Stoppard.

From BBC

Miriam Andres is a social worker who connects families with resources in the farming town of Parlier in the central San Joaquin Valley, where she estimated that several hundred underage young people work in fields and orchards with their parents.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking at the protest, Miriam Alves, 31, a worker at a medical device company, told Reuters that reforms are "clearly a step backward in working conditions and could lead to a complete lack of job security".

From BBC

That’s how Miriam Colon, 65, and her mother, Gloria Mendez, 82, were attending a class that started right after the stretch-and-tone class.

From MarketWatch