Crossword clues for marian
marian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marian \Ma"ri*an\, a. Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.
Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the
best-born gentleman.
--Fuller.
Maid Marian. (a) See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary. (a) A prominent character in the legend of Robin Hood.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of Mary," 1701, referring to the Virgin; also (c.1600) in reference to the reign of Mary Queen of England (1553-58); and (1902) to Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587).
fem. proper name, collateral form of Marion, a diminutive of French Marie (see Mary), but often taken for a compound of Mary and Anne.
Wikipedia
Marian may refer to:
Marian is a given name, either derived from Marius (male) or Maria (female). In Slovak, and sometimes in Czech, the male name is accented Marián.
Male:
- Marian von Bardowick (died 782), German deacon and saint
- Marián Čalfa (born 1946), ethnic Slovak former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- Marian Cozma (1982–2009), Romanian handball player
- Marian Czura, Polish-German filmmaker
- Marian Foik (1933–2005), Polish sprinter
- Marián Gáborík (born 1982), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Gold (born 1954), German singer from the synth pop band Alphaville
- Marian Heitger (1927–2012), German educationalist
- Marián Hossa (born 1979), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Hristov (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer
- Marian Jaworski (born 1926), former Catholic archbishop
- Marián Kochanský (1955–2006), Slovak singer
- Marian Kudera (1923–1944), Polish resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Marián Labuda (born 1944), Slovak actor
- Marián Lapšanský (born 1947), Slovak pianist
- Marian Moszoro, (born 1974), Polish economist
- Marian Orzechowski, (born 1931), Polish economist and politician
- Marian Oprea (born 1982), Romanian triple jumper
- Marian Rejewski (1905–1980), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who solved the Nazi Enigma machine
- Marian Sârbu (born 1958), Romanian trade unionist and politician
- Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917), Polish physicist
- Marian Spychalski (1906–1980), Polish military leader and politician
- Marian Tumler (1887–1987), Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Marian Vanghelie (born 1968), Romanian politician
- Marián Varga (born 1947), Slovak musician
Female:
- Maid Marian, legendary companion of Robin Hood
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), African-American contralto opera singer
- Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg (born 1965), Dutch scientist
- Marian Bell (economist) (born 1957), British economist
- Marian Bell (field hockey) (born 1958), former Australian field hockey player
- Marie Booth (1864–1937), third daughter of William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army; born Marian Billups Booth
- Marian Stamp Dawkins (born 1945), British biologist
- Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- Marian Rivera (born 1984), Spanish born-Filipino actress and model
- Marian Shields Robinson (born 1937), mother of First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
Category:English feminine given names Category:Polish masculine given names
Marian is the surname of:
- Ciobann Marian, Romanian sprint canoeist in the late 1970s
- Ferdinand Marian (1902–1946), Austrian actor
- Michèle Marian (born 1963), German actress
- Radu Marian (born 1977), Romanian/Moldovan male soprano
- Simion Florea Marian (1847-1907), Austro-Hungarian Romanian folklorist and ethnographer
- Victor Marian (born 1984), Moldovan footballer
- Viorica Marian, American psychologist and professor
Marian is a Filipino weekly musical-variety show broadcast by GMA Network and internationally on GMA Pinoy TV starring Marian Rivera. It premiered on June 21, 2014 and airs every Saturday nights after Magpakailanman and before Celebrity Bluff on GMA
Usage examples of "marian".
Tests and what she should have done better, Marian bathed quickly but thoroughly in the coolest pool she had no wish to appear lobster-red before the menand dried and dressed in panties and robe.
Emily, I could know a Marian Denbigh, I am sure I could love her, and her name too.
Emily was obliged to be content without knowing who Marian was, or whether her name was to be found in the Denbigh family or not.
Wilson as his sister, Lady Marian Denbigh, who received her with a frank cordiality that made them instantly acquainted.
Marian, late Countess of Pendennyss, in her own right, being born of her marriage with George Denbigh, Esq.
Lady Marian Denbigh, should the present earl die without lawful issue.
The birth of Lady Marian had already, in its consequences, begun, to throw a gloom round the domestic comforts of Denbigh, when he was to sustain another misfortune in a separation from his friends.
Marian, arrayed as a boy, and pretending to be her brother Walter, has been present at this combat, as a spectator, and a sparkling scene of equivoke, mischief, and sentiment ensues between Marian and Robin.
Marian, picked his Pairling up by her waist and tossed her onto the volaran.
Marian and her staff might have gone into the city, or shopping, or left for afternoon prayers at the mosque, but he took off toward her house, walking at first, then faster, until he was running flat out up the steep, winding streets.
But this was the time of day when Dippy liked specially to prance and jump and skurry after dusky, shadowy, flitting things, so before Marian could pounce upon him, he was off and away like a streak and could not be found.
Perhaps a revolution, that once unlocks the fountains of blood in central Germany, will be the bloodiest of all revolutions: whereas, in our own chapters of revolution even the stormiest, those of the Marian Persecution and of the Parliamentary War, both alike moved under restraints of law and legislative policy.
Europe, such apparitions were greeted warmly by the Roman Catholic clergy, especially because the Marian admonitions were so congenial to the priesthood.
Holy Word to the four quarters of the Earth: Marian, Lucia, Matthias, and Candlemass, known to the old pagans as Dhearc, the dark night of the sun.
This idea lay behind the experimental programme begun in the late 1950s by the psychologist Mark Rosenzweig, biochemist Ed Bennett and anatomist Marian Diamond in Berkeley, California, to study the effects of different rearing environments on the brain structures of young rats.