Hiram
[hahy-ruh m]
- a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “noble.”
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Contemporary Examples
Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.
And then Hiram Fong and [S.I] Hayakawa, representing Hawaii and California.
She cannot withdraw charges, like the alleged victim of New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate.
Historical Examples
It was hard to believe that she was the daughter of so crusty a man as Hiram Bartlett.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Hiram sat gazing silently at the road, as if all this was no affair of his.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Young Hiram had no patience with one's profession as a topic of conversation.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
That's why old Hiram is ready to fight the first comer on the slightest provocation.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
He was silent, and almost as gloomy as Hiram Bartlett himself.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Hiram
- 10th century bc, king of Tyre, who supplied Solomon with materials and craftsmen for the building of the Temple (II Samuel 5:11; I Kings 5:1–18)
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Word Origin and History for hiram
Hiram
masc. proper name, from Phoenician/Hebrew Hiram, perhaps short for Ahiram, literally "brother of the lofty."
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