Margaret
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A female given name from Ancient Greek. countable, uncountable
"Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king; But I will rule both her, the king, and realm."
- 2 A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton. See Margaret River. countable, uncountable
- 3 A river in Kimberley region, Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law. See Margaret River. countable, uncountable
- 4 A moon of Uranus, named for a character in Much Ado About Nothing. countable, uncountable
"Astronomers discovered nine small moons lying outside the orbit of Oberon (Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, and Ferdinand) between 1997 and 2003."
Example
More examples"Margaret is called Meg for short."
Etymology
From the name of a legendary third century saint, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source. The same source, through folk etymology, has produced Old English meregrot (“pearl”, literally “stone or pebble of the sea”), related to Old Saxon merigrita, merigriota (“pearl”), Old High German merigrioz, equivalent to mer- + groat.
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