Usually means: Biblical sister of Moses, prophetess.
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  1. Miriam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Miriam: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Miriam, miriam: Wordnik
  4. Miriam: Wiktionary
  5. Miriam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Miriam: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Miriam: Dictionary.com
  8. Miriam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. MIRIAM, Miriam (TV personality), Miriam (disambiguation), Miriam (entertainer), Miriam (film), Miriam (given name), Miriam (name), Miriam (short story), Miriam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Miriam: Rhymezone
  11. Miriam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. miriam: Dictionary.com

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  1. Miriam (Bible), Miriam: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
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Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Miriam: Easton Bible
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  3. Miriam: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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  1. miriam: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Miriam)

▸ noun:  (biblical) The sister of Moses and Aaron and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed.
▸ noun:  Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, chiefly in contexts emphasizing her historical or Jewish identity.
▸ noun:  A female given name from Hebrew.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of Meriam [A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.]

Similar:
Jochebed, Amram, Zipporah, Moses, Elisheba, Moabitess, Milcah, Jethro, Aaron, MOAB, more...

Opposite:
male name, not Miriam

Types:
Mary, Marie, Marianne, Marilyn, Maureen, Maura, Moira, more...

Phrases:
Miriam Makeba, Miriam Schapiro, belle miriam silverman, miriam hoffman, Sarah Miriam Peale, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, dear, poor, bat, young, beautiful, last, dorothy, beloved, fair


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Similar:
Jochebed, Amram, Zipporah, Moses, Elisheba, Moabitess, Milcah, Jethro, Aaron, MOAB, more...

Opposite:
male name, not Miriam

Types:
Mary, Marie, Marianne, Marilyn, Maureen, Maura, Moira, more...

Phrases:
Miriam Makeba, Miriam Schapiro, belle miriam silverman, miriam hoffman, Sarah Miriam Peale, Hand of Miriam, Miriam Margolyes, Miriam Rivera, There's Something About Miriam, Miriam Defensor Santiago, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, dear, poor, bat, young, beautiful, last, dorothy, beloved, fair



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