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Margaret|ˈmɑːgərɪt|
Also 3 Marherete, Maregrete, 4 [Magote], margret, Mergrete, 4–6 margarete, 5 -ette, 6 -ite.
[a. OF. Margarete, -ite (mod.F. Marguerite), ad. late L. Margarīta, a female name, an application of L. margarīta pearl: see margarite1.]
1. A female name.
[a1300Cursor M. 25456 (Cott.) Wit magote and wit mariori.] 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 37 Hou he Rauischede..Mergrete of hire Maydenhod. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 205 Sussanne, katerine, margare [v.r. margarete], anneys. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems, An Epitaph of one named Margaret. In shells and gold pearls are not kept alone, A Margaret here lies beneath a stone. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Margaret, (Greek) Pearl; the Christian Name of divers Women, contracted Marget.
†2. A daisy; esp. Bellis perennis: called also herb Margaret (see herb n. 7 b), Margaret's herb, brave Margaret. (Cf. marguerite.) Obs.[According to French etymologists, this use of F. marguerite is not from the personal name, but comes directly from the sense ‘pearl’ (see margarite1), having reference to the appearance of the flower (? or bud). It has, however, commonly been associated with the proper name: hence in recent times Daisy has been current in England as a pet-name for Margaret.] a1500Assemb. Ladies 57 With margarettes growing in ordinaunce. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. xii. xxii, Bryngynge me a floure called the margarete. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cxciii. 512 The Daisie is called..of some Herba Margarita: or Margarites herbe. a1607Lyte MS. notes in Dodoens (Bibl. Mus. Brit. 442, h. 9) p. 126 (Britten & Holl.), Brave Margaret. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. Table, Margarites herbe or Daysies.
3. A variety of apple, and also of pear.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. July (1679) 20 The Margaret-apple. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 294 The Margaret, the Maudlin, the Cluster Pear. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 190/1 (Apple) Early red Margaret.
4. A magpie; = madge1 2.
1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. II. 2. 1890 Cent. Dict.
5. U.S. = margate-fish. Also margaret-grunt (Cent. Dict.). bastard margaret (see quot.).
1903J. A. Henshall Bass, etc. 330 The Sailor's Choice (Hæmulon parra). This grunt is sometimes called bastard margaret by the Key West fisherman. |