Margaret

Etymology
From the name of a legendary third century saint, from margarita: from  μαργαρίτης:.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1590 William Shakespeare: First Part of King Henry the Sixth: Act V, Scene V (the closing lines):
 * Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;
 * But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.
 * 1) * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Cottage Names:
 * Margaret, Marguerite - the pearl! the daisy! Oh name of romance and of minstrelsy, which brings the days of chivalry to mind, and the worship of flowers and ladies fair!
 * 1) * 1868 Bentley's Miscellany, London. p.417:
 * Amongst us English, the name is a greater favourite than with any other nation: but we have played upon it, and abused it oftener too. In no language does Margaret sound sweeter or homelier than in ours: not so Mag, Maggie, Meg, Madge, Moggie, Peg, Peggy, and abominable Piggy, of which abridgements only the two first are defensible.
 * Amongst us English, the name is a greater favourite than with any other nation: but we have played upon it, and abused it oftener too. In no language does Margaret sound sweeter or homelier than in ours: not so Mag, Maggie, Meg, Madge, Moggie, Peg, Peggy, and abominable Piggy, of which abridgements only the two first are defensible.

Related terms

 * Greta
 * Gretchen
 * Madge
 * Mae
 * Maggie
 * Mags
 * Maisie
 * Marge
 * Margery
 * Margie
 * Margo


 * Margot
 * Marguerite
 * Marjorie
 * Marjory
 * May
 * Meg
 * Megan
 * Meggie
 * Peg
 * Peggy
 * Rita

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hawaiian:


 * Italian:
 * Latvian: Margarita
 * Macedonian: Маргарита
 * Northern Sami:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * teragram

Proper noun

 * 1)  of modern usage, borrowed from  or shortened from Margareeta:.

Alternative forms

 * Margareth

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from, best used in the mid-twentieth century.

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