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Margaret Definition

Mar·ga·ret (mär′gə rit, -grit)

noun

a feminine name: dim. Greta, Madge, Maggie, Marge, Meg, Peg, Peggy; var. Margery, Margo, Margot, Marjorie; equiv. Fr. Marguerite, Ger. Margarete, Gretchen, Ir. Megan, It. Margherita, Sp. Margarita

Etymology: ME < OFr Margarete < L margarita, a pearl < Gr margaritēs < margaron, a pearl, ult. < or akin to Sans mañjaram, a pearl, orig., bud

Margaret Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • careersnet.com: Send your old CV to margaret at careersnet.com for a free career assessment too!

Noun used with modifier

  • princess: PRINCESS MARGARET - Married on 6 May 1960 The younger sister of HM Queen Elizabeth II married Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
  • time: Tax rate of lone mountain just in time margaret of york.
Margaret Quotes

Far may be sought Erst that ye can find So courteous, so kind, As Merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.

—Skelton,John

It is the blight man was born for, It is Margaret you mourn for.

—Hopkins, SirAnthony

Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving?

—Hopkins, SirAnthony

Margaret has been at her happiest confronting political dragons: I chose consensus.

—Major,John