Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.
  • proper noun Greek mythology The personification of fate.

Etymologies

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Anglicized from Irish Máire, cognate to Mary.

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From the Ancient Greek meaning fate, from moros, (fate, destiny, doom, lot) from meiresthai, (to receive one's share).

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Examples

  • The wild cards in Moira Buffini's script are a pair of local tweens, Jody (Jessica Barden) and Casey (Charlotte Christie), both of whom are huge fans of Ben Sergeant.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Tamara Drewe Marshall Fine 2010

  • The guiding concept for these people was called Moira, often translated as “fate” but meaning far more—the fixed order of things, a reality of the universe demanding resignation and acceptance.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • The guiding concept for these people was called Moira, often translated as “fate” but meaning far more—the fixed order of things, a reality of the universe demanding resignation and acceptance.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • The guiding concept for these people was called Moira, often translated as “fate” but meaning far more—the fixed order of things, a reality of the universe demanding resignation and acceptance.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • The guiding concept for these people was called Moira, often translated as “fate” but meaning far more—the fixed order of things, a reality of the universe demanding resignation and acceptance.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • Moira is a key member of the Mackenzie international investment team that directs the Universal World Growth RRSP Fund, the Universal World Value Fund and the Universal World Balanced RRSP Fund.

    Annual Financial Forum 2000

  • If you have any suggestions, questions, additions, comments or criticisms concerning this posting, contact Jennifer Smith, aka Moira (jds@math. okstate.edu).

    FAQ: Rec.Games.Mud.Accounce Part 3 1993

  • This place, which I have called Moira, is to be yours -- or, rather,

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • This place, which I have called Moira, is to be yours -- or, rather,

    No Defense, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • This place, which I have called Moira, is to be yours -- or, rather,

    No Defense, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

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