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Marian

//ˈmɛəɹiən// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the Virgin Mary.

    "a Marian apparition"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Gaius Marius, Ancient Roman general and statesman.

    "Marian reform"

  3. 3
    Of or relating to the Mari people.

    "the famous Marian diviner, Asqudum"

  4. 4
    Of or relating to Mary I of England.

    "I judge the meaning of it to be, that men who raigne like Lions, Kings and great ones who under the face of men carry the hearts of Tygers; and their Children who equall them in, and inherit their fathers crueltie; and their wives who ſurpaſſe them in Inſolence, and Marian perſecntions;^([sic]) muſt all receive ſuch puniſhments as their ſins deſerve, they end their lives tragically, […]"

  5. 5
    Of or relating to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew.

    "There's no more faith in thee than in a steward prune, nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn fox; and for womanhood, Maid Marian may be the deputy's wife of the ward to thee."

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the Scots who remained loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the disputes following her deposition. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana.

Etymology 2

From Mary + -an.

Etymology 3

From Mary + -an.

Etymology 4

From Mari + -an.

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