Marian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the Virgin Mary.
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of or relating to some other Mary, as Mary Tudor of England or Mary, Queen of Scots.
noun
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a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
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an adherent or defender of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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a female given name, form of Mary.
adjective
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of or relating to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus
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of or relating to some other Mary, such as Mary, Queen of Scots or Mary I of England
noun
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a person who has a special devotion to the Virgin Mary
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a supporter of some other Mary
Etymology
Origin of Marian
Example Sentences
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In 1941 she established the Marian Anderson Scholarship Fund for young singers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Marian Nicholson, director of the Herpes Viruses Association, has lived with herpes for more than three decades and said public understanding had failed to keep pace with medical knowledge.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Poland's most popular Marian devotion site is a painting known as the "Black Madonna", in Czestochowa, southern Poland, that attracts between 3.5 and five million pilgrims every year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Overall, though, Noujaim and Gandhi would rather build their drama around Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell, a nice lady struggling to keep this hipster hootenanny alive.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Though there was no money for lessons, Marian and her sisters taught themselves to play some simple melodies.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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