Miranda: Meaning and Definition of

Mi•ran•da

1. 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
2. a moon of the planet Uranus.
3. daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
4. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “to be admired.”

1. of, pertaining 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 his or her rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel.