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

The same theme of isolation guided the work of debut director Lee Knight, whose "A Friend of Dorothy" stars veteran British actress Miriam Margolyes.

From Barron's

These are two Europeans: Miriam, a deeply feeling, moody, beautiful Jewish-British painter with a mysterious past; and Donatello, an Italian Bacchus who closely resembles the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles’ “Faun.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A male model with whom Miriam is ambiguously connected is following her around Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indeed, the story of Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon and Donatello can be read as the story of America in miniature.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Miriam, Hawthorne invests all the moral ambiguities of a fallen modern world.

From The Wall Street Journal