Magd
Magd is the clipping of Magdalen.
Magd is the clipping of Magdalene.
Meaning of Magdalen
Proper noun
Magdalen
- A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene.
- "We two," she said, "will seek the groves / Where the lady Mary is, / With her five handmaidens, whose names / Are five sweet symphonies, / Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, / Margaret and Rosalys.1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel
Meaning of Magdalene
Proper noun
Magdalene
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- October in Orania can be charming. When the sun sets, long ribbons of burnt orange settle on the horizon. The flies and mosquitoes that come with the oppressive summer heat haven’t arrived yet. It is Magdalene Kleynhans’ favourite time of year. “You can sit outside until late into the night,” says...2019 October 24, Dennis Webster, “'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2022
- Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
- and the twelue were with him, And certaine women which had bene healed of euill spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene out of whom went seuen deuils1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:1-2
Questions about Magd
- What is Magd the clipping of?
- Magd is the clipping of Magdalen.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Magd (page history and authors); Magdalen (page history and authors); Magdalene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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