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Notification given by U.S. police to criminal suspects on their rights while in custody
In the United States, the Miranda warning is a type of notification customarily given by police to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial
Miranda_warning
American warning required of unapproved dietary supplements
The quack Miranda warning is a term used by skeptics to describe the text which the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) requires
Quack_Miranda_warning
1966 U.S. Supreme Court case establishing the use of the Miranda warning
the "Miranda warning" part of routine police procedure to ensure that suspects were informed of their rights, which came to be known as "Miranda rights"
Miranda_v._Arizona
American criminal and subject of a United States Supreme Court case (1941–1976)
an attorney before being questioned by police. This warning is known as a Miranda warning. Miranda had been convicted of kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery
Ernesto_Miranda
2023 film by Michelle Danner
who was kidnapped and raped by Ernesto Miranda in 1963. The film also depicts the origin of the Miranda warning. It was released by Vertical Entertainment
Miranda's_Victim
Right to refuse to answer questions
required at common law to issue "Miranda-style" warnings (but which are completely unrelated to the US Miranda warning ruling) and inform arrested persons
Right_to_silence
US federal legislation
interrogated, which came to be known as Miranda warnings. Responding to various complaints that such warnings allowed too many criminals go free, Congress
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Omnibus_Crime_Control_and_Safe_Streets_Act_of_1968
1791 amendment enumerating due process rights
landmark case Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court held that the Self-Incrimination Clause requires the police to issue a Miranda warning to criminal suspects
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Law enforcement action
questioning to be admissible as evidence against the detainee in court. A Miranda warning is required only when a person is in custody (i.e., is not free to
Arrest
2004 United States Supreme Court case
obtaining an inadmissible confession without giving Miranda warnings, then issuing the warnings, and then obtaining a second confession. Justice David
Missouri_v._Seibert
Period of the US Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969
to the United States through a series of rulings, and created the Miranda warning. In addition, the court was both applauded and criticized for bringing
Warren_Court
2022 shooting in Austin, Texas, US
arguing that it was illegally obtained because she had not been given a Miranda warning. A federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was provisionally
Murder_of_Moriah_Wilson
1967 United States Supreme Court case
warning, which is administered by investigators to suspects in internal and administrative investigations in a similar manner as the Miranda warning is
Garrity_v._New_Jersey
2022 American film
and is shocked when she confesses everything – against his original Miranda warning and his follow up suggestion that she shut up – confirming the intelligence
The_Minute_You_Wake_Up_Dead
US Supreme Court justice since 2009
subsequently confessed to his crimes and was convicted. He was not given a Miranda warning during the interrogation, nor an opportunity to contact his legal guardian
Sonia_Sotomayor
Topics referred to by the same term
to inform them of their rights, in particular to silence. See e.g.: Miranda warning in the United States Right to silence in England and Wales Right to
Caution
Type of guilty plea in the United States
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Alford_plea
1990 United States Supreme Court case
not need to give Miranda warnings when talking to suspects in jail. Miranda warnings, named after the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona, are generally
Illinois_v._Perkins
Chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969
attorney in felony cases, and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) required police officers to give what became known as the Miranda warning to suspects taken into police
Earl_Warren
Pseudoscientific device to extend life
ailments via pseudoscientific technologies while also including the Quack Miranda warning on their websites. The term "medbed" is also used by one company that
Medbed
Plea in which the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Nolo_contendere
Type of advisement of rights in the US
concurrent administrative and criminal investigations. Kalkines warning Miranda warning "Statements Compelled From Law Enforcement Employees | Office of
Garrity_warning
Unlawful act punishable by an authority
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Crime
Boston Marathon bomber (born 1993)
question high-value detainees. Questioned without being provided a Miranda warning, Tsarnaev wrote his answers to the team's questions in a notebook,
Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev
1984 United States Supreme Court case
safety exception to the normal Fifth Amendment requirements of the Miranda warning. The Supreme Court considered the admissibility of a statement elicited
New_York_v._Quarles
1994 statute of United States Federal legislation
disclaimer required by the DSHEA has been likened to the Miranda warning and dubbed the "quack Miranda warning". for allowing sellers of alternative medicine to
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
Dietary_Supplement_Health_and_Education_Act_of_1994
2008 death of an American toddler in Orlando, Florida, U.S.
the statements were inadmissible because she had not been given a Miranda warning. The prosecution said that each statement constituted a separate offense
Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
2011 United States Supreme Court case
confessed to his crimes and was convicted. J. D. B. was not given a Miranda warning during the interrogation, nor an opportunity to contact his legal guardian
J._D._B._v._North_Carolina
Act of exposing oneself to an accusation of crime
Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2018-04-13. "Miranda Warning Equivalents" (PDF). Federation of American Scientists. The Law Library
Self-incrimination
Protection during criminal proceedings
in evidence. This is similar to the right to silence clause in the Miranda warning in the US. PACE Code C, one of the codes of practice issued under PACE
Right to silence in England and Wales
Right_to_silence_in_England_and_Wales
2013 landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court
silent during questioning, even though no arrest has been made nor the Miranda rights read to a defendant. In 1992, in Houston, Texas, Houston police
Salinas_v._Texas
Legal concept regarding a defendant's state of mind
invoked as a result of a Miranda warning. The prosecutor had argued that the respondent's silence after receiving Miranda warnings was evidence of his sanity
Insanity_defense
Structure of status and authority among police units in the USA
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Police ranks of the United States
Police_ranks_of_the_United_States
Doctrine in American criminal law
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Border_search_exception
2013 domestic terrorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
read him a Miranda warning. Dzhokhar had not previously been given a Miranda warning, as federal law enforcement officials invoked the warning's public safety
Boston_Marathon_bombing
1986 United States Supreme Court case
as a result of a Miranda warning. After his arrest in Florida for sexual battery, Greenfield was given three separate Miranda warnings. Each time, he exercised
Wainwright_v._Greenfield
Police officer assigned to a school
Interrogation: In State v. Barrett (2018), the Louisiana court found that a Miranda warning was not required by a school official to question a student. As far
School_resource_officer
Body of law that relates to crimes
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Criminal_law
Formal accusation of wrongdoing in common law
suspect's Miranda Rights which are read to a suspect prior to interrogation while in the custody of the police. If a suspect is not given a Miranda warning prior
Criminal_charge
2010 United States Supreme Court case
Remaining silent is optional—they may speak or be silent as they wish. The Miranda warning concerns the duty of the police or other formal questioners to make
Berghuis_v._Thompkins
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: "You have the right to remain silent", the opening of the Miranda warning given to criminal suspects in the United States You Have the Right
You Have the Right to Remain Silent
You_Have_the_Right_to_Remain_Silent
Topics referred to by the same term
case Miranda warning, an American police warning given to suspects about their rights, before they are interrogated Miranda, New South Wales Miranda railway
Miranda
US law covering police entry to property
sum, the police officers' emergency aid response trumps application of Miranda and its protection of defendant's privilege against self-incrimination
Exigent_circumstance
Highest court in the U.S. state of Missouri
(2004) Miranda warnings; holding that Missouri's practice of interrogating suspects without reading them a Miranda warning, then reading them a Miranda warning
Supreme_Court_of_Missouri
Pulitzer Prize-winning article about a series of rapes
asked if the rapist was real and she said "no." Without reading the Miranda warning, they asked her to write that she had made a false report. She wrote
An_Unbelievable_Story_of_Rape
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
List of United States extradition treaties
List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties
Capital and most populous city of Arizona, U.S.
v. Arizona, has led to practice in the United States of issuing a Miranda Warning to all suspected criminals. With Phoenix's rapid growth, one of the
Phoenix,_Arizona
Warrant authorizing the arrest and detention of an individual
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Arrest_warrant
2010 United States Supreme Court case
Court of the United States ruled on the language requirements for Miranda warnings. In the case, a suspect was advised of his right to consult with an
Florida_v._Powell
American law firm
without informing them of the right to counsel, now implemented as the Miranda warning issued by police to criminal suspects taken into custody. In 1971,
Cravath,_Swaine_&_Moore
Formal accusation that someone committed a crime
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Indictment
2009 film by Tyler Perry
Madea's release when it is revealed that the officers failed to read her Miranda warning. Unable to put Madea away, Judge Ephriam places her in an anger management
Madea_Goes_to_Jail
United States military law
civilian criminal justice system. For example, a rights-warning statement similar to the Miranda warnings (and required in more contexts than in the civilian
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice
Formal reading of the offence to a criminal defendant
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Arraignment
Under US law, a disciplinary advisement to federal employees
interview to impose discipline agency, and civil proceedings. Garrity warning Miranda warning Kalkines v. United States, 473 F.2d 1391 (Ct. Cl. 1973). Id. at
Kalkines_warning
Governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025
Retrieved November 10, 2014. "Court questions N.C.'s position on Miranda warning". News & Observer. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014
Roy_Cooper
1989 United States Supreme Court case
dealing with police behavior when issuing the Miranda warning. The Court's decision was seen as weakening Miranda's protections. After being questioned in regards
Duckworth_v._Eagan
2022 United States Supreme Court case
case in which the Court held, 6–3, that an officer's failure to read Miranda warnings to a suspect in custody does not alone provide basis for a claim of
Vega_v._Tekoh
1981 United States Supreme Court case
Court case where the Court ruled that as long as the message of a Miranda warning was adequately communicated, it does not need to be precisely phrased
California_v._Prysock
Law-enforcement body
force. In the United States, Miranda v. Arizona led to the widespread use of Miranda warnings or constitutional warnings. Police forces also find themselves
Police
Criminal act that is inspired by a previous crime
Schabusiness, Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, and Miguel Cortés Miranda. Kerch Polytechnic College massacre: 15-year-old Daniil Pulkin, the perpetrator
Copycat_crime
Legal, social, or ethical principles
States are required to read the Miranda warning between making an arrest and beginning an interrogation. The warning informs the person arrested that
Rights
Court action challenging unlawful detention
rebellion when the public safety requires it". In 1971, after the Plaza Miranda bombing, the Marcos administration, under Ferdinand Marcos, suspended habeas
Habeas_corpus
American law firm
42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting he violated his rights under Miranda v. Arizona by not warning him of his right to remain silent. The Supreme Court sided
Latham_&_Watkins
1994 United States Supreme Court case
affect the way the defendant requests a lawyer. However, she held that the Miranda Rights should be enough for the defendants to understand their right for
Davis_v._United_States_(1994)
Topics referred to by the same term
Miranda law may refer to: Miranda warning rule, established in 1966 by the Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court ruling A provision within the Omnibus Crime
Miranda_law
Men convicted of 1993 murders in Arkansas, United States
confession was voluntary and that he did, in fact, understand the Miranda warning and its consequences. Portions of Misskelley's statements to the police
West_Memphis_Three
City in Arizona, United States
pitcher Ernesto Miranda, conviction overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States in Miranda v. Arizona creating the Miranda warning, buried in the
Mesa,_Arizona
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Federal law enforcement in the United States
Federal_law_enforcement_in_the_United_States
1985 studio album by Miles Davis
spoke French; after Sting said yes, Davis asked him to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone over a pre-recorded musical
You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)
You're_Under_Arrest_(Miles_Davis_album)
Type of legal proceeding that precedes a trial
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Preliminary_hearing
Type of police document in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
First_information_report
Criminal investigator
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Special_agent
American songwriter, actor, filmmaker and librettist (born 1980)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (/mænˈwɛl/ man-WELL; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, filmmaker, librettist, and producer. He created the Broadway
Lin-Manuel_Miranda
Time limit for starting legal proceedings
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Statute_of_limitations
because they were not read their Miranda rights at the time of their arrest. If a person is not given a Miranda warning before the interrogation is conducted
List of common misconceptions about arts and culture
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_arts_and_culture
2000 United States Supreme Court case
requirement that the Miranda warning be read to criminal suspects and struck down a federal statute that purported to overrule Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Dickerson_v._United_States
US state laws allowing police to require identification of those suspected of a crime
Tekoh that police may not be sued for failing to administer a Miranda warning. However, Miranda does not apply to biographical data necessary to complete
Stop_and_identify_statutes
Seattle, United States law enforcement agency
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Seattle_Police_Department
Answer to a claim made by someone in a common law criminal case
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Plea
Belief that government authority derives from fundamental law
Rights, providing defendants' rights to an attorney and to silence (Miranda warning), and so on. The United Kingdom is perhaps the best instance of constitutionalism
Constitutionalism
Bail granted under the Criminal Procedure Code of India
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Anticipatory_bail
Character in the TV series Law & Order
takes a hardline stance against illegal immigration, and sees the Miranda Warning as "trite" and a "hollow formality". In 2002, Southerlyn is brought
Serena_Southerlyn
Evidence derived from illegal investigatory conduct
Thomson/Gale. p. 9. ISBN 9780787663674. See also Bransdorfer, Mark S. (1987). "Miranda Right-to-Counsel Violations and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine"
Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree
American murderer who killed her own husband (1950–2010)
and their client's statements to police had not been preceded by a Miranda warning, she was convicted on June 7, 1996, with the jury deliberating for
Della_Sutorius
Legal time limits for starting court actions
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Limitation periods in the United Kingdom
Limitation_periods_in_the_United_Kingdom
Legal standard of proof
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Reasonable_doubt
Adjudication process in criminal law
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Criminal_procedure
American legal scholar and writer (1929–2022)
1686 (2004). Yale Kamisar, legal scholar known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda warning, dies at 92, The Washington Post, February 8, 2022 "BHL: Yale Kamisar
Yale_Kamisar
1985 United States Supreme Court case
is a landmark Supreme Court of the United States case relating to Miranda warnings. A house in the town of Salem, Polk County (most of Salem is located
Oregon_v._Elstad
Standardized wear for police in the United States of America
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Police uniforms in the United States
Police_uniforms_in_the_United_States
Legal context Criminal procedure Reasonable suspicion Probable cause Miranda warning Arrest Arrest warrant Searches and seizures Terry stop Exculpatory
Police vehicles in the United States and Canada
Police_vehicles_in_the_United_States_and_Canada
Person accused or suspected of committing a crime
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Suspect
1990 United States Supreme Court case
communications with Muniz were videotaped. The police had not yet read Miranda warnings to Muniz. The officer asked Muniz several biographical questions—“name
Pennsylvania_v._Muniz
June 13, 1966, in the matter of Miranda v. Arizona, has led to practice in the United States of issuing a Miranda Warning to all suspected criminals. By
Crime_in_Phoenix
American attorney and actor
Chapter": Alan Barinholtz Goes From Courtroom Lawyer to TV Judge". "Miranda Warnings: Jury Duty's Alan Barinholtz on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved
Alan_Barinholtz
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Crime_in_India
1975 United States Supreme Court case
criminal suspect's assertion of his right to remain silent after a Miranda warning does not preclude the police from re-Mirandizing him and questioning
Michigan_v._Mosley
1991 mass shooting in Arizona, U.S.
was not voluntary because authorities improperly administered the Miranda warning. Doody's conviction was overturned in 2008 by the 9th Circuit Court
Waddell Buddhist temple shooting
Waddell_Buddhist_temple_shooting
warrant Consent search Detention Exigent circumstance Knock-and-announce Miranda warning Pretextual stop Probable cause Reasonable suspicion Right to silence
Indian_Intelligence_Community
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Sun, Sun God
Female
Slavic
Slavic name MORANA means "death." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of death and winter.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Miranda, MYRANDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Admirable
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Miranda, ADMIRANDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tirandaj
Girl/Female
Indian
Gold, Golden, Wealth
Girl/Female
Slavic
and Miranda.
Female
Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Hebrew Miryam, MIRJANA means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."Â
Female
English
Perhaps a transposed form of English Miranda, MARINDA means "admirable."
Female
Italian
Feminine form of Czech Milan, a short form of Slavic names containing the element mil, MILANA means "favor, grace." Compare with Milada. This name was adopted by the Italians in the early 1900s, and eventually came to be used as a contracted form of MarÃa Elena.
Female
Esperanto
Esperanto name derived from Latin mirandus, MIRINDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Girl/Female
Latin
Deserves admiration.
Female
English
Short form of English Miranda, RANDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Girl/Female
Latin American Shakespearean Spanish
Worthy of admiration; wonderful. Young innocent girl in Shakespeare's The Tempest raised and...
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, French, Latin
Adorable; She who Must be Admired; Worthy of Admiration
Boy/Male
Hindu
Tirandaj
Female
English
English Shakespearean name, derived from Latin mirandus, MIRANDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Girl/Female
African, American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Shakespearean, Spanish, Swedish
Admirable; Wonderful; She who Must be Admired; Worthy of Admiration
Female
Romanian
Romanian name, derived from the Slavic element mir, MIRUNA means "peace."
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love of Family
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a shepherd, Middle English schepman (literally ‘sheep man’).English : occupational name for a mariner, or occasionally perhaps for a boatbuilder, Middle English schipman (literally ‘ship man’).
Boy/Male
Aramaic Hungarian
Ploughman.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh
Mercy; Has a Twin Sister Kripi; Kindly
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Learned
Boy/Male
Muslim
The all-aware
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rajvardan | ராஜà¯à®µà®¾à®°à¯à®¤à®¨Â
Super king
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Ghent in Flanders. Compare Gent.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
King of Kings; Emperor; King of the Earth
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
MIRANDA WARNING
n.
A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
n.
A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).
n.
A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
n.
A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.
n.
A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
n.
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.
n.
The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
n.
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.
n.
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
n.
Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
n.
The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
n.
A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.
a.
Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.
adv.
In a warning manner.
n.
An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
n.
A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
n.
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.
pl.
of Mutandum
n.
An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.