myron
[mee-rawn; English mahy-ron]
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Origin of myron
From the Greek word mýron unguent, perfume
Myron
[mahy-ruh n]
- flourished c450 b.c., Greek sculptor.
- a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasant.”
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Examples from the Web for myron
Contemporary Examples
A quick Internet search offers at least a surface understanding of who Myron May was.
On April 8, Myron Ullmann, the retail veteran who previously served as CEO of the company, agreed to return.
Myron Scholes and Robert Merton won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1997, by which time Black had died.
Once again, I had, in a manner of speaking, mistaken Myron for Myra.
Myron Leon Wallace was born in Brookline, Mass., in 1918, a year after John F. Kennedy was born five doors away.
Historical Examples
Myron Holley, I say, reminds me of this superb and noble creature.
Captains of IndustryJames Parton
His son Myron enjoyed this felicity all the days of his life.
Captains of IndustryJames Parton
It was Myron Holley who went to the legislature year after year, and argued it through.
Captains of IndustryJames Parton
"Once there was a little boy," said Myron, without waiting to be teased.
The Girl Scouts at HomeKatherine Keene Galt
At that the storm seemed to Myron to be over, and his forehead cleared of anger.
Country NeighborsAlice Brown
Myron
- 5th century bc, Greek sculptor. He worked mainly in bronze and introduced a greater variety of pose into Greek sculpture, as in his Discobolus
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