Moira
[moi-ruh]
- Classical Mythology.
- the personification of fate.
- Moirai,the Fates.
- (often lowercase) (among ancient Greeks) a person's fate or destiny.
- a female given name.
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case, status, accident, occurrence, fate, thing, time, detail, crisis, matter, incident, factor, action, coincidence, cause, event, fact, calamity, downfall, cataclysmExamples from the Web for moira
Contemporary Examples
Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.
It belonged to Police Officer Moira Smith, who was last seen leading a bleeding civilian to safety from the South Tower.
"Unfortunately, it's just not funny enough," summarized Moira Macdonald at The Seattle Times.
Moira Johnston and her breasts have become pseudo-celebrities in downtown Manhattan this summer.
Moira Johnston Goes Topless in N.Y.C. to Raise Awareness of the Right to a Bare ChestLizzie Crocker
July 29, 2012
Moira Johnston takes her top off in New York City to draw attention to a state law sanctioning bared breasts in public.
Moira Johnston Goes Topless in N.Y.C. to Raise Awareness of the Right to a Bare ChestLizzie Crocker
July 29, 2012
Historical Examples
Moira, his granddaughter, regarded the president with sympathy.
Attention Saint PatrickWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
On arrival he learned that the president had taken Moira with him.
Attention Saint PatrickWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
Though I'll say I could tell myself when Moira lost what she called "her good."
I got so used to it that it just seemed to me like a part of Moira.
I was sure then, as I ever was of anything, that Moira loved Kenneth.
Word Origin and History for moira
Moira
fem. proper name, one of the Fates, from Greek Moira, literally "share, fate," related to moros "fate, destiny, doom," meros "part, lot," meiresthai "to receive one's share" (see merit (n.)).
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