Vivian

[ viv-ee-uhn ]

noun
  1. Also Vivien .Arthurian Legend. an enchantress, the mistress of Merlin: known as the Lady of the Lake.

  2. Also Vivien, Vivienne . a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “alive.”

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Vivian in a sentence

  • And yet he was conquered by a woman; the fairy Vivien enchanted the enchanter and kept him in a hawthorn bush under a spell.

  • To think of Vivien Nelson, a farmer's daughter, hevin' a fur-lined coat which cost almost as much as Eudora's!

    The Fourth Watch | H. A. Cody
  • She and Vivien, their only child, had been playmates together at school, and their friendship had never languished.

    The Fourth Watch | H. A. Cody
  • When at last the story had been finished and the class dispersed, Nellie locked the doors, and made her way to Vivien Nelson's.

    The Fourth Watch | H. A. Cody
  • And the Lady Vivien made reply: "All shall be done according to thy command."

British Dictionary definitions for Vivian

Vivian

/ (ˈvɪvɪən) /


noun
  1. (in Arthurian legend) the mistress of Merlin, sometimes identified with the Lady of the Lake

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012