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Margaret

[ mahr-guh-rit, -grit ]

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pearl.”


Margaret

/ ˈmɑːɡrət /

noun

  1. Margaret?12821290FNorwegianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler called the Maid of Norway. ?1282–90, queen of Scotland (1286–90); daughter of Eric II of Norway. Her death while sailing to England to marry the future Edward II led Edward I to declare dominion over Scotland
  2. Margaret13531412FSwedishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1353–1412, queen of Sweden (1388–1412) and regent of Norway and Denmark (1380–1412), who united the three countries under her rule
  3. Margaret, Princess19302002FBritishPOLITICS: royal family member Princess. 1930–2002, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


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Nothing made Groucho funnier than having this Margaret Dumont around not understanding the jokes.

Old pictures of the couple show Horace decked out in a three-piece suit and diamond rings and Margaret swaddled in furs.

Margaret, in the blasted shock of sudden loss, sold most of her possessions and moved to Florida.

She lives with her husband, Tim, and daughter, Margaret, in suburban Washington, D.C.

Margaret Thatcher had served under the Heath regime as Education Secretary and witnessed the miners topple the Conservative Party.

I am really afraid to say how much of poor Margaret's fortune was dragged from her—how little of it still remained.

Miss Winter glanced unutterable things at Margaret, and Ethel began to perceive she had done something wrong.

Her eloquence always broke down with any auditor but her brother, or, perhaps, Margaret.

Ethel ran after her sister, and pulling out drawers without knowing what she sought, begged to hear how papa and Margaret were.

Margaret hesitated, glancing rapidly at the Inspector, and then down at the writing-table before which she was seated.

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margaMargaret of Anjou