Marianne

noun

Mar·​i·​anne

ˌmarēˈan,

ˌmer-,

ˌmār-;

ˌmaarēˈaa(ə)n

variants or less commonly Marianna

-ˈanə

plural -s

: the French Republic personified : the French people

Word History

Etymology

French, from Marianne, French republican society of the 1850s with the aim of overthrowing Napoleon III, from the feminine name Marianne

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