myron

¹

[ mee-rawn; English mahy-ron ]

noun

, Greek Church.

1. chrism.

Myron

²

[ mahy-ruhn ]

noun

1. flourished c450 b.c., Greek sculptor.
2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasant.”

Myron

/ ˈmaɪərən /

noun

1. Myron5th century bc5th century bcMGreekARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor 5th century bc , Greek sculptor. He worked mainly in bronze and introduced a greater variety of pose into Greek sculpture, as in his Discobolus

Word History and Origins

Origin of myron¹

From the Greek word mýron unguent, perfume

Example Sentences

A quick Internet search offers at least a surface understanding of who Myron May was.

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On April 8, Myron Ullmann, the retail veteran who previously served as CEO of the company, agreed to return.

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Myron Scholes and Robert Merton won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1997, by which time Black had died.

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Once again, I had, in a manner of speaking, mistaken Myron for Myra.

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Myron Leon Wallace was born in Brookline, Mass., in 1918, a year after John F. Kennedy was born five doors away.

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It seemed best to Myron to humor this inexplicable mood, until he could persuade her back into a normal one.

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She spoke as something within Myron remembered the school-teacher speaking, when she called him to the board.

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Myron Dill could have wept from the surprise of it all, the assault upon his wondering nerves.

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Myron felt himself yielding again, and clutched at confidence as the spent swimmer reaches for a plank.

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His son Myron enjoyed this felicity all the days of his life.

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