Miranda (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
  2. a moon of the planet Uranus.
  3. the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  4. a given name: from a Latin word meaning “to be admired.”
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or being upheld by the Supreme Court ruling (Miranda v. Arizona, 1966) requiring law-enforcement officers to warn a person who has been taken into custody of their rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel: He was read his Miranda rights, placed under arrest, and transported to the jail.Service officers must read the Miranda warning to an arrested person before asking them any investigative questions.
noun
  1. one of the larger satellites of the planet Uranus
noun
  1. Francisco de (franˈsisko de). 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionary, who planned to liberate South and Central America from Spain. A leader (1811–12) of the Venezuelan uprising, he surrendered to Spain and died in prison
Miranda (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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