Marilyn Definition & Meaning

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Marilyn American [mar-uh-lin] / ˈmær ə lɪn / Or Marilynne

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

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But the lack of hits eventually took its toll: With a laugh, Love, 84, says one reason they started up Brother was that Wilson’s wife, Marilyn, eventually “threw in the towel after years of having her house flooded with people” to less-than-spectacular returns.

From Los Angeles Times

Check out the beautifully lopsided groove of “Mona,” which Dennis sings with a bleary smoker’s rasp, or the lonely-sounding electric-guitar lick floating over the Wilson brothers’ harmonies in “The Night Was So Young”; listen to Brian and Marilyn trading marital assurances in their almost painfully guileless duet, “Let’s Put Our Hearts Together.”

From Los Angeles Times

El Segundo went 23-6 and had its share of young players, such as Marilyn McCaverty, who had 38 hits as a sophomore.

From Los Angeles Times

Reyna’s attorney, Marilyn Bednarski, said her client “regrets how emotional he became that day.”

From Los Angeles Times

In Manhattan: While standing over a subway grate at 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue, Marilyn Monroe holds down her white billowing dress for “The Seven Year Itch.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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