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  • proper noun A Miranda warning
  • verb To read somebody their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v Arizona.
  • proper noun A female given name.
  • proper noun One of Uranus' moons.

Etymologies

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MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname.

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Invented by Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest, feminine of Latin mirandus "admirable".

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