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magre

magre is the alternative spelling of maugre.

Meaning of maugre

Preposition

maugre

  1. (obsolete) In spite of, notwithstanding.
    • He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […][c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Skeat, The Wife of Bath's Tale (in Middle English)
    Synonyms:
    despite, regardless of, with, for all, irrespective of, notwithstanding, in spite of, without considering, without regard for

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Questions about magre

What is magre the alternative spelling of?
Magre is the alternative spelling of maugre.

Words near magre in the dictionary

  1. magpielike
  2. magpies
  3. MAgr
  4. Magra
  5. Magrath
  6. magre
  7. magret
  8. magrets
  9. Magri
  10. Magris
  11. Magrittean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: magre (page history and authors); maugre (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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