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Definition of mary in English English dictionary: The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.; A female given name
For it was Mary; Mary / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say Marie. / But it was Mary; Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.; Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.; A male homosexual; the Virgin Mary in the Christian religion, the mother of Jesus Christ, and the most important of all the saintS. She was the wife of Joseph, but Christians believe she was a virgin (=someone who has never had sex) , at the time of Jesus's birth, because the father of Jesus is not a human being, but God. Christians, especially Roman CatholicS often pray to her to ask for help. in the New Testament of the Bible, a woman who lived with her sister, Martha. When Jesus visited them, Mary remained to listen to what he was saying while Martha went and prepared food for him and his discipleS. As a result Mary often represents the type of Christian who spends their life thinking deeply about religious matters. born April 30, 1662, London, Eng. died Dec. 28, 1694, London Queen of England (1689-94). The daughter of King James II, a Catholic convert, she was reared as a Protestant and in 1677 married to her cousin, William of Orange. They lived in Holland until English nobles opposed to James's pro-Catholic policies invited William and Mary to assume the English throne. After William landed with a Dutch force (1688), James fled, and Mary and William (as King William III) became corulers of England (1689). Mary enjoyed great popularity, and her Dutch tastes had an influence on English pottery, landscape gardening, and interior design. She died of smallpox at age; It was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century; very popular from the 17th to the 20th century; Several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha; or Mary Tudor born Feb. 18, 1516, Greenwich, near London, Eng. died Nov. 17, 1558, London Queen of England (1553-58). The daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she was declared illegitimate after Henry's divorce and new marriage to Anne Boleyn (1533). In 1544 Mary was restored to court and granted succession to the throne. After becoming queen (1553), she married Philip II of Spain, restored Roman Catholicism, and revived the laws against heresy. The resulting persecution of Protestant rebels and the execution of some 300 heretics earned her the hatred of her subjects and the nickname "Bloody Mary." She waged an unsuccessful war against France that in 1558 resulted in the loss of Calais, England's last foothold on the Continent. or St. Mary or Virgin Mary flourished beginning of the Christian Era Mother of Jesus. According to the Gospels, she was betrothed to St. Joseph when the archangel Gabriel appeared to her to announce the coming birth of Jesus. Other incidents in the Gospels in which she appears include the visit to Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist; the birth of Jesus and his presentation in the Temple; the coming of the Magi and the flight to Egypt; the marriage at Cana in Galilee; the attempt to see Jesus while he was teaching; and watching at the cross. Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and most Protestant denominations hold Jesus to have been divinely conceived and Mary to have remained a virgin. The Roman Catholic church also holds to the doctrine of her Immaculate Conception and her bodily assumption into heaven. Catholics pray to Mary as an intercessor. See also Mariology. Virgin Mary St. Mary Baylis Lilian Mary Bethune Mary Jane McLeod Mary Jane McLeod Blyton Enid Mary Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cassatt Mary Chesnut Mary Mary Boykin Miller Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa de Havilland Olivia Mary Dodge Mary Mapes Mary Elizabeth Mapes Earhart Amelia Mary Eddy Mary Baker Mary Morse Baker Mary Ann Evans Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Evans Dame Edith Mary Haas Mary Rosamond Hail Mary Hodgkin Dorothy Mary Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Jones Mary Harris Mary Harris Vivian Mary Hartley Lyon Mary Mason Legion of Mary Church Martin Mary Virginia Mary II Mary I Mary Tudor Mary Magdalene Saint Mary Queen of Scots Mary Stuart McCarthy Mary Therese Montagu Lady Mary Wortley Lady Mary Pierrepont Moore Mary Tyler Anna Mary Robertson O'Connor Mary Flannery Pickford Mary Gladys Mary Smith Price Mary Violet Leontyne Quant Mary Retton Mary Lou Robinson Mary Mary Bourke Rowlandson Mary Mary White Victoria Mary Sackville West Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Mary Louise Streep Typhoid Mary Mary Mallon Ward Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth William and Mary College of Williams Mary Lou Mary Elfrieda Scruggs Wollstonecraft Mary Mary Kathryn Wright House of the Hospitallers of Saint Mary of the Teutons; {i} female first name; mother of Jesus (Virgin Mary, St. Mary); the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics; Marrow
Mary Bell order: A court order forbidding publication of the any information that could identify a child involved in legal proceedings
Mary Celeste: a ghost ship
Mary Celeste: a British-flagged Nova Scotian brigantine that crossed the Atlantic Ocean, gone through the Straits of Gibraltar, and into the Mediterranean Sea under full sail, without a crew or any occupants
Mary Celeste: a ship found empty of all people, in good condition, seemingly abandoned on the high seas
Mary Jane: a double given name
Mary Jane: A type of shoe for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle
Mary Jane: marijuana
Mary Janes: plural form of Mary Jane
Mary Magdalene: A female disciple of Jesus
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Mary Rose sauce: Alternative spelling of Marie Rose sauce
Mary Sue: A fictional character (especially in fanfic), usually female, whose implausible talents and likeableness weaken the story
Mary Sues: plural form of Mary Sue
Mary's pigtail: The vernacular name for the flowering plant Verbascum
Mary Baker Eddy: a US religious leader, who started a new form of Christianity called Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910). orig. Mary Morse Baker born July 16, 1821, Bow, near Concord, N.H., U.S. died Dec. 3, 1910, Chestnut Hill, Mass. U.S. religious leader, founder of Christian Science. A daughter of Congregationalist descendants of old New England families, she married in 1843; her husband died the following year, and she married again in 1853. She suffered from ill health for much of her life. In the early 1860s she was cured of a spinal malady by Phineas P. Quimby (1802-66), who cured ailments without medication. She remained well until shortly after Quimby's death; in 1866 she suffered a severe fall and lost hope for recovery, only to be healed by reading the New Testament. She considered that moment her discovery of Christian Science and spent several years evolving her system. In 1875 she published Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which her followers regarded as divinely inspired. Having divorced in 1873, in 1877 she married one of her followers, Asa G. Eddy (d. 1882). The Church of Christ, Scientist was organized in 1879. Eddy established the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in 1881; she also founded three periodicals, notably The Christian Science Monitor (1908)
Mary Cassatt: a US painter who worked mainly in France with the Impressionists (1845-1926). born May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pa., U.S. died June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France U.S. painter and printmaker, active in Paris. She spent her early years traveling in Europe with her wealthy family. After attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1860-65) she later studied in Paris, copying Old Masters. In 1874 Cassatt chose Paris as her permanent residence and established her studio there. She shared with the Impressionists an interest in experiment and in the use of bright colours inspired by the out-of-doors. Edgar Degas became her friend, and at his request she exhibited with the Impressionists. She portrayed scenes of everyday life, particularly images of mothers and children, and was skilled at drawing and printmaking. Some of her best works were executed in pastel. Through her social contacts with wealthy private collectors, she promoted Impressionism in the U.S. and exerted a lasting influence on U.S. taste
Mary Cassatt: {i} (1844-1926) United States painter who lived most of her adult life in France
Mary Chesnut: orig. Mary Boykin Miller born March 31, 1823, Pleasant Hill, S.C., U.S. died Nov. 22, 1886, Camden, S.C. U.S. writer. The daughter of a prominent South Carolina politician, she attended private schools in her youth. In 1840 she married James Chesnut, Jr., who would play an important role in the secession movement and the Confederacy. After her husband became an officer in the Confederate army, she accompanied him on his military missions and recorded her views and observations in her journal. Her Diary from Dixie, a perceptive view of Southern life during the American Civil War, was published in 1905
Mary Flannery O'Connor: born March 25, 1925, Savannah, Ga., U.S. died Aug. 3, 1964, Milledgeville, Ga. U.S. writer. She spent most of her life on her mother's farm in Milledgeville, Ga. A devout Roman Catholic, she usually set her works in the rural South and often examined the relationship between the individual and God by putting her characters in grotesque and extreme situations. Her first novel, Wise Blood (1952), combines a keen ear for common speech, a caustic religious imagination, and a flair for the absurd that characterized all of her work. With the story collections A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), she was acclaimed as a master of the form. Her other work of fiction was the novel The Violent Bear It Away (1960). Long crippled by lupus, she died at age
Mary Flannery O'Connor: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is the preeminent American award of its kind
Mary Harris Jones: orig. Mary Harris known as Mother Jones born May 1, 1830, Cork, Ire. died Nov. 30, 1930, Silver Spring, Md., U.S. Irish-born U.S. labour organizer. She was brought to the U.S. as a child in 1835. In 1867 she lost her children and husband (an ironworker) in a yellow-fever epidemic in Memphis, Tenn.; four years later she lost all her possessions in the great Chicago fire. She turned for assistance to the Knights of Labor, which led to her becoming a highly visible figure in the U.S. labour movement. She traveled across the country, organizing for the United Mine Workers and supporting strikes wherever they were being held. At 93 she was still working among striking coal miners in West Virginia. She actively supported legislation to prohibit child labour. She was a founder of the Social Democratic Party (1898) and the Industrial Workers of the World (1905). Her autobiography was published in 1925. She died at the age of 100 and was buried in the Union Miners' Cemetery in Mount Olive, Ill
Mary II: Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689-1694). The eldest daughter of James II, she ruled jointly with her husband, William III, the former William of Orange, at the behest of the Protestant opponents of her father. William of Orange, King
Mary Jane: female first name; marijuana, dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant that are smoked for their intoxicating effect (Slang)
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune: orig. Mary Jane McLeod born July 10, 1875, Mayesville, S.C., U.S. died May 18, 1955, Daytona Beach, Fla. U.S. educator. Born to former slaves, she made her way through college and in 1904 founded a school that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla. She was president of the college in 1923-42 and 1946-47, also serving as a special adviser to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt. Prominent in African-American organizations, particularly women's groups, she directed the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration (1936-44)
Mary Janes: A trademark used for patent leather shoes for girls, usually having a low heel and a single strap that fastens at the side
Mary Lamb: {i} (1764-1847) English writer, wrote the children's book "Tales From Shakespeare" together with her brother Charles Lamb, in 1796 she suffered a breakdown and attacked and wounded their father and stabbed and killed their mother with a kitchen knife
Mary Leakey: {i} (1913-1996) British paleontologist and wife of Louis Leakey, mother of Richard Leakey
Mary Lou Retton: At the 1984 Olympic Games she received perfect scores in her final two events to win a dramatic victory in the combined exercises, becoming the first American woman gymnast to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Her style, exhibiting speed, accuracy, and power, served to transform women's gymnastics. She was the first gymnast inducted into the U.S. Olympics Hall of Fame (1985)
Mary Lou Retton: born Jan. 24, 1968, Fairmont, W.Va., U.S. U.S. gymnast. Retton began studying dance and acrobatics at age
Mary Lou Williams: orig. Mary Elfrieda Scruggs born May 8, 1910, Atlanta, Ga., U.S. died May 28, 1981, Durham, N.C. U.S. pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. A child prodigy, she had her professional debut with big bands at age
Mary Lou Williams: Beginning in 1929, Williams wrote arrangements for many swing bands, including those of Andy Kirk (1898-1992) and Duke Ellington. Her 12-movement Zodiac Suite was performed by the New York Philharmonic in 1946. A pianist with strong roots in the blues and early jazz, Williams embraced the innovations of bebop and later free jazz, performing with a diverse array of jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie and Cecil Taylor (b. 1933). In the 1960s and '70s she composed a number of liturgical pieces for jazz ensembles, including Music for Peace (1970), popularly known as "Mary Lou's Mass
Mary Lyon: born Feb. 28, 1797, near Buckland, Mass., U.S. died March 5, 1849, South Hadley U.S. pioneer in higher education for women. She studied at various academies, supporting herself from age 17 by teaching. Her success as a teacher and administrator, and the demand for the young women she had trained, led to her plan for a permanent instructional institution for women. The school she founded in South Hadley, Mass., opened in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (the forerunner of Mount Holyoke College), and she served as its principal until her death
Mary Mallon: (1869-1938) Irish-born U.S. cook who was the first known healthy immune carrier of typhoid fever in the United States who infected more than 50 people with the disease, nicknamed "Typhoid Mary
Mary Mapes Dodge: orig. Mary Elizabeth Mapes born Jan. 26, 1831, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 21, 1905, Onteora Park, N.Y. U.S. author. She began writing children's stories when she was suddenly widowed with two small sons. Her first collection, Irvington Stories (1864), was followed by Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865), which became a children's classic. In 1873 she was named editor of the new children's magazine St. Nicholas; its success stemmed from her high standards, which attracted such writers as Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Rudyard Kipling
Mary Martin: born Dec. 1, 1913, Weatherford, Texas, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1990, Rancho Mirage, Calif. U.S. singer and actress. She co-owned a dancing school in her native Weatherford, Texas, before moving in 1938 to New York City, where she won a small part in the musical Leave It to Me and became famous for her rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." She appeared in movies before returning to Broadway to star in One Touch of Venus (1943). Martin originated the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949-53) and later starred in Peter Pan (1954, Tony Award; television version, 1955), The Sound of Music (1959, Tony Award), and I Do, I Do (1966)
Mary Mason Lyon: born Feb. 28, 1797, near Buckland, Mass., U.S. died March 5, 1849, South Hadley U.S. pioneer in higher education for women. She studied at various academies, supporting herself from age 17 by teaching. Her success as a teacher and administrator, and the demand for the young women she had trained, led to her plan for a permanent instructional institution for women. The school she founded in South Hadley, Mass., opened in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (the forerunner of Mount Holyoke College), and she served as its principal until her death
Mary McAleese: {i} (born 1951) president of Ireland
Mary McCarthy: born June 21, 1912, Seattle, Wash., U.S. died Oct. 25, 1989, New York, N.Y. U.S. novelist and critic. She served on the editorial staff of the Partisan Review from 1937 to 1948. She began writing fiction at the urging of her second husband, Edmund Wilson. Her work is noted for bitingly satiric commentaries on marriage, the impotence of intellectuals, and the role of women in contemporary urban America. Her novels include The Company She Keeps (1942); The Group (1963), her most popular work; Birds of America (1971); and Cannibals and Missionaries (1979). She also wrote two autobiographies, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957) and How I Grew (1987)
Mary McCleod Bethune: (1875-1955) black American civil rights activist, founder of many institutions for the black community (a school, a hospital, and social organizations)
Mary McLeod Bethune: orig. Mary Jane McLeod born July 10, 1875, Mayesville, S.C., U.S. died May 18, 1955, Daytona Beach, Fla. U.S. educator. Born to former slaves, she made her way through college and in 1904 founded a school that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla. She was president of the college in 1923-42 and 1946-47, also serving as a special adviser to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt. Prominent in African-American organizations, particularly women's groups, she directed the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration (1936-44)
Mary Moorman: {i} (born 1932) woman who was a witness to President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22nd 1963
Mary Pickford: a Canadian-born actress who became Hollywood's most famous silent film actress and was called "America's Sweetheart". She was married to the famous actor Douglas Fairbanks from 1920 to 1936, and formed United Artists with Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin in 1919 (1893-1979). orig. Gladys Mary Smith born April 9, 1893, Toronto, Ont., Can. died May 28, 1979, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. Canadian-born U.S. film actress. She acted with a stock company from age 5, went on tour at 8, and was performing on Broadway by
Mary Pickford: She starred in D.W. Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909) and by 1913 was acting in movies exclusively. One of the first movie stars, she became a symbol of innocence and was known as "America's sweetheart." Her silent films include Tess of the Storm Country (1914), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), and Pollyanna (1920). A shrewd businesswoman, she formed United Artists Corp. (1919) with her second husband, Douglas Fairbanks, and others. She received an Academy Award for her first sound film, Coquette (1929). She retired from acting in 1933 and received a special Academy Award in 1975
Mary Poppins: a US film in which Julie Andrews appears as a nanny (=a woman who is employed to take care of the children in a family) called Mary Poppins, who has magical powers and can fly (1964)
Mary Poppins: {i} book written by P. L. Travers in 1934; 1964 United State musical movie adapted from Travers' book and starring Julie Andrews; fictional protagonist character (who is a magical nanny) in Travers' Mary Poppins books and in the movie adaptation
Mary Quant: born Feb. 11, 1934, London, Eng. English fashion designer. Specializing in youth-oriented fashions, she was responsible in the 1960s for the "Chelsea look" of England and the widespread popularity of the miniskirt and "hot pants." After opening a successful boutique called Bazaar in 1957, she went on to mass-produce her designs on a multimillion-dollar annual scale
Mary Queen of Scots: Queen of Scotland (1542-1567). The Catholic monarch during the bitter Scottish Reformation, she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son, the future James I of England. After fleeing to England (1568), she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I. Catholic supporters plotted to place her on the English throne, resulting in her trial and execution for sedition. the daughter of the Scottish King James V. She became Queen of Scotland when she was one week old, but in 1568 she was forced to give up her position, and she escaped to England. Instead of helping her, the English queen, Elizabeth I (who was her cousin ) put her in prison. Many Catholics believed Mary should have been Queen of England instead of Elizabeth, who was a Protestant. Elizabeth later ordered Mary to be killed, because she believed Mary was involved in a secret plan to kill her. After Elizabeth's death, Mary's son James, who was the King of Scotland, also became the King of England (as James I). Mary had three husbands, and many stories and books have been written about her (1542-87)
Mary Queen of Scots: {i} Mary Stuart (1542-1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
Mary R Haas: born Jan. 12, 1910, Richmond, Ind., U.S. died May 17, 1996, Alameda county, Calif. U.S. linguist. She studied with Edward Sapir at Yale University, where her dissertation was on Tunica, a moribund American Indian language. She continued her fieldwork on, and comparative studies of, American Indian languages, especially of the southeastern U.S., including the Natchez and Muskogean languages, for the rest of her life. She directed the Survey of California Indian Languages while on the University of California, Berkeley, faculty (1945-77). Many of her students have done invaluable descriptive work on nearly extinct languages
Mary Robinson: orig. Mary Bourke born May 21, 1944, Ballina, County Mayo, Ire. Irish politician, first woman president of Ireland (1990-97). She earned a law degree at the University of Dublin, where she became a professor of law (1969-75). She served in the Irish senate (1969-89) as a Labour Party member. Nominated by the Labour Party and supported by the Green Party and the Workers' Party, she became Ireland's first woman president in 1990 by mobilizing a liberal constituency and merging it with a more conservative constituency opposed to the Fianna Fáil party. In 1997 she left office a few months before her term expired to take up the post of UN high commissioner for human rights
Mary Rosamond Haas: born Jan. 12, 1910, Richmond, Ind., U.S. died May 17, 1996, Alameda county, Calif. U.S. linguist. She studied with Edward Sapir at Yale University, where her dissertation was on Tunica, a moribund American Indian language. She continued her fieldwork on, and comparative studies of, American Indian languages, especially of the southeastern U.S., including the Natchez and Muskogean languages, for the rest of her life. She directed the Survey of California Indian Languages while on the University of California, Berkeley, faculty (1945-77). Many of her students have done invaluable descriptive work on nearly extinct languages
Mary Rose: a British warship which sank in the sea off the south coast of England on its first journey in 1545. It was brought to the surface in 1982, and can now be seen in Portsmouth
Mary Rowlandson: orig. Mary White born 1637, England died Jan. 5, 1710/11, Wethersfield, Conn. British-American colonial author. She was the daughter of the original proprietor of Lancaster, Mass., where she lived with her minister husband and their four children. When Indians razed the settlement in 1676, she was captured and held hostage for 11 weeks. Ransomed, she moved to Connecticut with her husband and two surviving children. Her narrative of captivity, titled The Soveraignty & Goodness of God, Together with the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed; Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and published in 1682, became popular in the colonies and in London
Mary Shelley: {i} Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), English writer, author of the classic gothic tale "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Stuart: Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart: {i} Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; (1926-2002) USA soap opera actress
Mary Therese McCarthy: born June 21, 1912, Seattle, Wash., U.S. died Oct. 25, 1989, New York, N.Y. U.S. novelist and critic. She served on the editorial staff of the Partisan Review from 1937 to 1948. She began writing fiction at the urging of her second husband, Edmund Wilson. Her work is noted for bitingly satiric commentaries on marriage, the impotence of intellectuals, and the role of women in contemporary urban America. Her novels include The Company She Keeps (1942); The Group (1963), her most popular work; Birds of America (1971); and Cannibals and Missionaries (1979). She also wrote two autobiographies, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957) and How I Grew (1987)
Mary Tyler Moore: born Dec. 29, 1936, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. television and film actress. She studied dance and appeared in commercials and in minor roles on television before costarring in the hit Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66; two Emmy Awards). She achieved even greater success as the star of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-77; four Emmy Awards), which became the most popular situation comedy of the 1970s. She also won an Emmy for her role in the television miniseries Stolen Babies (1993). Her films include Ordinary People (1980) and Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Mary Violet Leontyne Price: v. born Feb. 10, 1927, Laurel, Miss., U.S. U.S. soprano. She was trained at the Juilliard School. After her debut in a revival of Four Saints in Three Acts in 1952, she made her name in the international tour of Porgy and Bess (1953-55). She sang in Aïda at Milan's La Scala in 1960 and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961. Price was one of the Met's most popular stars for more than two decades and was the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera. She gave her farewell performance of Aïda at the Met in 1985 but continued to give recitals
Mary Virginia Martin: v. born Dec. 1, 1913, Weatherford, Texas, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1990, Rancho Mirage, Calif. U.S. singer and actress. She co-owned a dancing school in her native Weatherford, Texas, before moving in 1938 to New York City, where she won a small part in the musical Leave It to Me and became famous for her rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." She appeared in movies before returning to Broadway to star in One Touch of Venus (1943). Martin originated the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949-53) and later starred in Peter Pan (1954, Tony Award; television version, 1955), The Sound of Music (1959, Tony Award), and I Do, I Do (1966)
Mary W. Shelley: {i} (1797-1851) English writer, author of the classic gothic tale "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft: a British writer who was one of the first feminists. In her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women, she wrote that women should have the same education and opportunities as men. She was the mother of Mary Shelley (1759-97). born April 27, 1759, London, Eng. died Sept. 10, 1797, London English writer. She taught school and worked as a governess and as a translator for a London publisher. Her early Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) foreshadowed her mature work on the place of women in society, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), whose core is a plea for equality in the education of men and women. The Vindication is widely regarded as the founding document of modern feminism. In 1797 she married the philosopher William Godwin; she died days after the birth of their daughter, Mary (see Mary Shelley), that same year
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: a British writer, whose best-known novel is Frankenstein. She was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and was the daughter of the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). orig. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin born Aug. 30, 1797, London, Eng. died Feb. 1, 1851, London English Romantic novelist. The only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she met and eloped with Percy B. Shelley in 1814. They married in 1816 after his first wife committed suicide. Mary Shelley's best-known work is Frankenstein (1818), a narrative of the dreadful consequences of a scientist's artificially creating a human being. After her husband's death in 1822, she devoted herself to publicizing his writings and educating their son. Of her several other novels, the best, The Last Man (1826), is an account of the future destruction of the human race by a plague
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: {i} (1797-1851) English writer, author of the classic gothic tale "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary had a Little Lamb: a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) . The rhyme begins: Mary had a little lamb,/Its fleece was white as snow;/And everywhere that Mary went/The lamb was sure to go
Mary,Quite Contrary Mary: a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) . The rhyme goes: Mary, Mary, quite contrary,/How does your garden grow?/With silver bells and cockle shells,/And pretty maids all in a row
mary i: daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
mary ii: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694)
mary jane: street names for marijuana
mary magdalene: sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus
mary queen of scots: queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
maiden blue-eyed mary: small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
Bloody Mary: Alternative spelling of bloody mary
Bloody Mary: Mary I of England
Bloody Mary: A ghost or witch said to appear in a mirror if her name is chanted repeatedly
Hail Mary: An act done in desperation, with only a very small chance of success
Hail Mary: A prayer calling for the intercession of the Holy Mother, for Catholics an essential element of the Rosary, and with use in certain other denominations
Hail Mary: A long forward pass with little chance of completion, typically used when time is running out and no other play is practical
Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics
Mari: An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria
Mari: A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people in the Mari Republic
Saint Mary: the mother of Jesus Christ
St Mary's: The largest of the Isles of Scilly
Typhoid Mary: A carrier of a dangerous disease who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection
Virgin Mary: Term used by some Christian denominations to refer to the mother of Christ
Virgin Mary: A drink made with tomato juice and spices, resembling a Bloody Mary, but without alcohol
bloody mary: A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings, such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. Without alcohol is referred to as a Virgin Mary
marys: Obsolete spelling of marish
marys: plural form of mary
muscle Mary: A homosexual man who works to maintain a muscular physique
sweet Mary: Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics
sweet Mary mother of God: Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics
hail mary: (Ev ile ilgili) 1. When a man gets a woman pregnant that he is not married to but does not want her to have the baby for fear of paying child support for 18 years. He also does not want to get married to her. So he does a Hail Mary - tell the woman he loves her and convince her that having an abortion will be the best thing for their relationship. Once the abortion is done, then the guy is free to dump her without fear of owing child support.2. A last-minute attempt to score a game-winning point in a game such as basketball or football. The attempt is made just as the game time runs out, and everybody just watches and prays that the point is scored and that it's good
hail mary: (Nükleer Mühendislik) The Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus
ave-mary: {n} a prayer to the Virgin Mary
hail mary pass: (Spor) A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a forward pass made in desperation, with only a very small chance of success. The typical Hail Mary is a very long forward heave thrown at or near the end of a half where there is no realistic possibility for any other play to work, though the most famous were thrown at the end of a game. The phrase derives from the name of a prominent Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary. The success of this play is unlikely due to the general inaccuracy of the pass and the defensive team's preparedness for the play -- the pass is thrown and a prayer is said, hoping a receiver catches it; the defense could easily intercept or knock down the ball
hail mary play: (Spor) A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a forward pass made in desperation, with only a very small chance of success. The typical Hail Mary is a very long forward heave thrown at or near the end of a half where there is no realistic possibility for any other play to work, though the most famous were thrown at the end of a game. The phrase derives from the name of a prominent Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary. The success of this play is unlikely due to the general inaccuracy of the pass and the defensive team's preparedness for the play -- the pass is thrown and a prayer is said, hoping a receiver catches it; the defense could easily intercept or knock down the ball
Amelia Mary Earhart: born July 24, 1897, Atchinson, Kan. U.S. disappeared July 2, 1937, near Howland Island, Pacific Ocean U.S. aviator, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart worked as a military nurse in Canada during World War I and later as a social worker in Boston. In 1928 she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane, though as a passenger. In 1932 she accomplished the flight alone, becoming the first woman and the second person to do so. In 1935 she became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. In 1937 she set out with a navigator, Fred Noonan, to fly around the world; they had completed over two-thirds of the distance when her plane disappeared without a trace in the central Pacific Ocean. Speculation about her fate has continued to the present
Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Ward: born May 23, 1914, York, Eng. died May 31, 1981, Lodsworth British economist and writer. After studying economics at the University of Oxford, she became a writer and editor at The Economist (from 1939). She married Robert Jackson in 1950. She was an influential adviser to the Vatican, the UN, and the World Bank, and she wrote numerous articles and books on the worldwide threat from poverty among less-developed countries (she advocated the transfer of wealth from rich to poor countries) and the importance of conservation; her books, which reached a wide audience, included The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations (1962), Spaceship Earth (1966), Only One Earth (with René Dubos, 1972), and Progress for a Small Planet (1980)
Blessed Virgin Mary: The Virgin Mary
Bloody Mary: alcoholic drink based on tomato juice
Bloody Mary: A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice. an alcoholic drink made from vodka, tomato juice, and spices Mary I, Queen
College of William and Mary: State-supported college in Williamsburg, Va. The second-oldest institution of higher education in the U.S. (after Harvard University), it was chartered in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II. Its alumni include Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Monroe, John Tyler, and Gen. Winfield Scott. George Washington was the college's first American chancellor, from 1788 to 1799. The honour society Phi Beta Kappa was organized as a social fraternity there in 1776
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie: born Sept. 15, 1890, Torquay, Devon, Eng. died Jan. 12, 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire British detective novelist and playwright. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, the eccentric Belgian detective who would appear in about 25 novels. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Most of her approximately 75 novels, such as Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film, 1978), were best-sellers; translated into 100 languages, they have sold more than 100 million copies. Her plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for longest continuous run, and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film, 1958). She was married to the eminent archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan (1904-78)
Dame Edith Mary Evans: born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent British actress. She made her stage debut as Cressida in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (1912) and joined the Old Vic company in 1925. One of the finest actresses of the 20th century, she appeared in London and on Broadway in plays by Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, and Noë l Coward. She played Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest on stage and screen (1952). Her other films include Look Back in Anger (1959), Tom Jones (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964), and The Whisperers (1967)
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: born April 22, 1858, London, Eng. died May 9, 1944, Woking, Surrey British composer. Born into a military family, she studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and was encouraged by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvoák. She first gained notice with her sweeping Mass in D (1893). Her best-known work is The Wreckers (1906), the most admired English opera of its time. Her March of the Women (1911) reflected her strong involvement in the woman suffrage movement. Her comic opera The Boatswain's Mate (1916) enjoyed considerable success. Her work is notably eclectic, ranging from conventional to experimental. She wrote a multivolume autobiography, Impressions That Remained (1919-40)
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland: born July 9, 1901, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Eng. died May 21, 2000, Hatfield, Hertfordshire English author. Her first novel, Jigsaw (1925), was a popular success. She wrote two more novels and a play during the 1920s; thereafter her output grew steadily, and by the 1970s she was averaging 23 books a year, all of which she dictated. Her approximately 600 books, mostly formulaic romance novels, have sold more than 600 million copies. Cartland's nonfiction includes autobiographies and books on health food, vitamins, and beauty. She was the step-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin: orig. Dorothy Mary Crowfoot born May 12, 1910, Cairo, Egypt died July 29, 1994, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, Eng. English chemist. After studying at Oxford and Cambridge, she went to work at Oxford. From 1942 to 1949 she worked on a structural analysis of penicillin. In 1948 she and her colleagues made the first X-ray photograph of vitamin B12, one of the most complex nonprotein compounds, and they eventually completely determined its atomic arrangement. In 1969 she completed a similar three-dimensional analysis of insulin. Her work won her a 1964 Nobel Prize. She was chancellor of Bristol University (1970-88) and was known for her work for peace and international scientific cooperation. In 1965 she became the second woman ever awarded the Order of Merit
Enid Mary Blyton: born Aug. 11, 1897, London, Eng. died Nov. 28, 1968, London English children's writer. Trained as a schoolteacher, she published her first book, Child Whispers, in 1922. She went on to produce more than 600 children's books and numerous magazine articles. She is probably best known for several book series, including those featuring Noddy, the Famous Five, and the Secret Seven. Though often criticized for their stereotyped characters, simple writing style, and didactic moralism, her books were widely translated and remained internationally popular long after her death
Hail Mary: A Hail Mary is a prayer to the Virgin Mary that is said by Roman Catholics. a special Roman Catholic prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Latin Ave Maria Principal Roman Catholic prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary. It begins with the greetings spoken to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel and by her cousin Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke: "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." A closing petition, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death," came into general use by the end of the 14th century. Churchgoers who attend confession are often asked to repeat the prayer as penance for sins
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: orig. Lady Mary Pierrepont (baptized May 26, 1689, London, Eng. died Aug. 21, 1762, London) English writer, the most colourful Englishwoman of her time. A prolific letter writer, Montagu is remembered chiefly for 52 superb letters chronicling her stay in Constantinople, where her husband was ambassador from 1716 to 1718. On their return, they introduced the Middle Eastern practice of smallpox vaccination into England. Also a poet, essayist, feminist, and eccentric, she was a friend of John Gay and Alexander Pope, who later turned against and satirized her. Among her writings are six "town eclogues," witty adaptations of Virgil; a lively attack on Jonathan Swift (1734); and essays dealing with feminism and the moral cynicism of her time
Lilian Mary Baylis: born May 9, 1874, London, Eng. died Nov. 25, 1937, London British theatrical manager and founder of the Old Vic. She assisted her aunt, Emma Cons, in the operation of the Royal Victoria Hall and Coffee Tavern, and on Cons's death in 1912 she converted the hall into the Old Vic, which became famous for its Shakespearean productions. Between 1914 and 1923 the theatre staged all of William Shakespeare's plays, a feat no other playhouse had attempted. In 1931 she took over the derelict Sadler's Wells Theatre and made it a centre of opera and ballet
Mari: A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region
Marys: plural of Mary
Olivia Mary de Havilland: born July 1, 1916, Tokyo, Japan U.S. film actress. Born to British parents, she was raised in California. She made her film debut in 1935 and played the delicate heroine opposite Errol Flynn in swashbucklers such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). She revealed dramatic depth in Gone with the Wind (1939), To Each His Own (1946, Academy Award), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949, Academy Award). Her victory in a landmark lawsuit against Warner Brothers (1945) limited actors' contracts to seven years, including suspension periods. She moved to Paris in 1955 and made only rare film appearances thereafter
Queen Mary: Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Catholic Queen of Scotland who claimed the right to the throne of England, mother of King James I of England
Queen Mary I: the queen of England from 1553 until her death. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and she married the king of Spain, Philip II. Mary tried to make England return to the Catholic religion, and many Protestants who refused to become Catholics were killed by being burned. For this reason, she was sometimes called Bloody Mary (1516-1558)
Queen of Scots Mary: orig. Mary Stuart born Dec. 8, 1542, Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scot. died Feb. 8, 1587, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, Eng. Queen of Scotland (1542-67). She became queen when her father, James V (1512-42), died six days after her birth. She was sent by her mother, Mary of Guise, to be raised at the court of the French king Henry II and was married in 1558 to his son Francis II. After Francis's brief rule as king (1559-60) ended with his premature death, Mary returned to Scotland (1561), where she was distrusted because of her Catholic upbringing. In 1565 the red-haired queen married her ambitious cousin Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, and became a victim of intrigues among the Scottish nobles. Darnley conspired with them to murder her confidant David Riccio. After the birth of her son James (later James I of England) in 1566, Mary was estranged from Darnley, who was murdered in 1567. Ignoring objections by the jealous Scottish nobility, she married James Hepburn, earl of Bothwell (1535?-78), a suspect in Darnley's murder. The rebellious nobles deserted her army at Carberry Hill and forced her to abdicate in favour of her son (1567). After failed attempts to win back the throne, she sought refuge in England with her cousin Elizabeth I, who arranged to keep her in captivity. Several uprisings by English Catholics in Mary's favour convinced Elizabeth to have Mary tried and condemned; she was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587
Saint Mary Magdalene: in the New Testament of the Bible, a woman who Jesus cured. She attended Jesus's crucifixion and was the first person to see him when he returned to life after his death. She is usually thought to be the same woman as the prostitute who washed Jesus' feet, but who is not named in the Bible. flourished 1st century, Palestine; feast day July 22 Follower of Jesus and the first person to see the resurrected Christ. According to Luke 8: 2 and Mark 16: 9, Jesus cleansed her of seven demons. She accompanied him in Galilee, and she witnessed his Crucifixion and burial. On Easter morning she went with two other women to anoint the corpse, but the tomb was empty. Christ later appeared to her and instructed her to tell the Apostles that he was ascending to God. Popular tradition has long associated her with the repentant prostitute who anointed Christ's feet
Typhoid Mary: nickname of Mary Mallon
Typhoid Mary: an Irishwoman in the US who had the disease typhoid, and who was believed to have infected many people with it. The name is sometimes used to mean someone who is avoided because they are expected to cause a lot of trouble or problems (died 1938). byname of Mary Mallon born 1870? died Nov. 11, 1938, North Brother Island, N.Y., N.Y., U.S. U.S. carrier of typhoid. A 1904 typhoid epidemic on Long Island was traced to households where she had been a cook. She fled, but authorities finally caught up with her and isolated her on an island off the Bronx. In 1910 she was released after agreeing not to take a food-handling job, but she did, causing more typhoid outbreaks. She was returned to the island for the rest of her life. Three deaths and 51 original cases were directly attributed to her
Typhoid Mary: {i} transmitter of anything undesirable; person who spreads a disease, insult for a person who is held responsible for spreading a disease; insulting term for a person who spreads something undesirable (such as bad news, pessimism, etc.)
Virgin Mary: Holy Virgin, Mary, mother of Jesus
Virgin Mary: in the Christian religion, the mother of Jesus Christ. According to the New Testament of the Bible, when Mary was a young woman an angel came to her from God and told her that she was going to have a baby, although she had never had sex, and that the baby would be the son of God. She is especially important to Roman Catholics, who have pictures and statues of her in their churches and homes, and who often pray to her for help
ave mary: A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; used in the Roman Catholic church
ave mary: A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria
bloody mary: a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice
bloody mary: daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
bloody mary: A game commonly played by children, in which you go into a dark room with a mirror and chant "Bloody Mary" thirteen times Then a ghost appears and usually tries to scratch you or kill you But who exactly the ghost is differs on almost every version heard, most commonly though Queen Mary Tudor of England
bloody mary: (ruled 1553-1558): She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon As the queen of England from 1553 to 1558, she temporarily restored Catholicism in England She earned the nickname “bloody Mary” because of her persecution of Protestants
bloody mary: Invented by Pete Petiot at Harry's Bar in Paris, 1921 This drink contains vodka, lemon juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and V 8, tomato juice, or cocktail juice
blue-eyed Mary: An annual North American herb (Collinsia verna) having bicolored flowers with two lips. Also called innocence
blue-eyed mary: Eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
mari: the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis people
mari: the ball base that is the center core of a Temari (can be premade - styro - or made by hand)
mari: npr Mary
mari: An ancient Near Eastern city located on the Middle Euphrates River near the boundary of modern Syria and Iraq Destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon (c 1738-1686 b c e ), Mari's royal palace has yielded thousands of clay tablets that preserve a rich array of information about the Mari period (c 1750-1697 b c e )
mari: a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
solemnity of mary: (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation
virgin mary: a Bloody Mary made without alcohol
william and mary: joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II

Turkish - English

Definition of mary in Turkish English dictionary: Mary
kraliçe mary'ye ait: Marian

mary

Hyphenation

Ma·ry

Turkish pronunciation

meri

Pronunciation

/ˈmerē/ /ˈmɛriː/

Etymology

[ mer-E, mar-E, mA-rE ] (noun.) Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), possibly from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), bitter, from a root מר (MR) meaning "to be bitter". The name corresponds to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām), Old Testament Miriam. The meaning is much debated. Some argue it means mutiny / rebellion / disobedience from the Hebrew root מרי (m-r-y).