Margaret

/ˈmɑːɡɹɪt/US/ˈmɑɹɡɹɪt/

Margaret proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

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Proper noun

Margaret (countable and uncountable, plural Margarets)

A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;
  But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- 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!1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names
A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton. See Margaret River.
A river in Kimberley region, Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law. See Margaret River.
A moon of Uranus, named for a character in Much Ado About Nothing.
- Astronomers discovered nine small moons lying outside the orbit of Oberon (Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, and Ferdinand) between 1997 and 2003.2009, Richard Schmude, Jr., Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them, page 58
- The odd one out is Margaret, which travels in a "normal" prograde direction, though it has the most eccentric orbit of all the Uranian satellites.2012, Peter Bond, Exploring the Solar System, page 297

Margaret meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Margaret in Hindi

female given name: मरवारीद marvārīd

Margaret in Arabic

female given name: مَارْغَرِيت mārḡarīt

Examples of Margaret in a sentence

Fair as a summer dream was Margaret,— / Such dream as in a poet's soul might start, / Musing of old loves while the moon doth set: […]1844, James Russell Lowell, “A Legend of Brittany. Part First.”, in Poems, Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, →OCLC, stanza I, page 3:
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.1868, Bentley's Miscellany, London, page 417:
There was also a girl named Margaret, named after her grandmother, who worked at the post office.2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 292:

Forms of Margaret

plural	Margarets

Origin of Margaret

From the name of 3rd century Saint Margaret the Virgin, 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.

Words formed from Margaret

Phrases with Margaret

Questions about Margaret

What does Margaret mean?: Margaret means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What is Margaret in Hindi?: Margaret in Hindi is मरवारीद (marvārīd). See Margaret meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Margaret in a sentence?: Fair as a summer dream was Margaret,— / Such dream as in a poet's soul might start, / Musing of old loves while the moon doth set: […]
What part of speech is Margaret?: Margaret is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Margaret?: Margaret is pronounced /ˈmɑːɡɹɪt/ (UK).

Words near Margaret in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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