Definitions for margaret
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1. Margaretnoun

   A female given name from Ancient Greek.

   Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;

2. Margaretnoun

   A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton.

3. Margaretnoun

   A river in Kimberley, Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law.

4. Margaretnoun

   A moon of Uranus, named for a character in Much Ado About Nothing.

   Astronomers discovered nine small moons lying outside the orbit of Oberon between 1997 and 2003.

5. Etymology: From the name of a legendary third century saint, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, " pearl"), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.

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1. Margaret

   Margaret is a feminine given name, derived via French (Marguerite) and Latin (Margarita) from Ancient Greek: μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy.

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1. Margaret

   Margaret is a biweekly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha, primarily for girls from 11- to 15-years -old, although some stories are read by adult women. It was first released as a weekly magazine in 1963. In 2009, the circulation was 154,584. Circulation went down to 95,044 in 2010. When manga serialized in Margaret are collected into tankōbon volumes, they are imprinted by Shueisha under their Margaret Comics imprint. Series from the sister publication Bessatsu Margaret are also under the Margaret Comics imprint.

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1. Margaret

   queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, was the daughter of Waldemar IV. of Denmark, whose crown, on his death in 1375, she received in trust for her son Olaf; her husband, Hacon VIII. of Norway, died in 1380, and left her queen; Olaf died 1387, when she named her grand-nephew, Eric of Pomerania, her heir; the Swedes deposed their king next year, and offered Margaret the throne; she accepted it, put down all resistance, and ultimately brought about the Union of Calmar (1397), which provided for the perpetual union of the three crowns; her energy and force of character won for her the title of "Semiramis of the North" (1353-1412).

2. Margaret

   a simple, innocent girl in Goethe's "Faust," who is the victim of a tragic fatality; Faust meets her as she comes from church, falls in love with her, and seduces her; she slays the infant born, is convicted and condemned to death, and loses her reason; Faust would fain save her, but he is hurried away by Mephistopheles, and she is left to her fate.

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1. margaret

   Song lyrics by margaret -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by margaret on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. MARGARET

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Margaret is ranked #96368 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Margaret surname appeared 189 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Margaret.
   
   76.7% or 145 total occurrences were White.
   13.2% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
   6.8% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.1% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'margaret' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2914

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'margaret' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1479

Anagrams for margaret »

1. teragram

How to pronounce margaret?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say margaret in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of margaret in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of margaret in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of margaret in a Sentence

1. Tennis Australia:

   As often stated, Tennis Australia does not agree with Margaret's personal views, which have demeaned and hurt many in our community over a number of years, they do not align with our values of equality, diversity and inclusion.

2. Margaret Murdaugh:

   The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made a lot of decisions that I truly regret, i'm resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated by these murders. I am immensely sorry to everyone I've hurt including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayers as I rehabilitate Margaret Murdaugh and my relationships.

3. Bernardine Evaristo:

   I'm just happy to get the Booker Prize. I'm happy to share it with Margaret Atwood. It's all good.

4. Margaret Moon:

   Children are not born into the same potential opportunity everywhere in the country. It's a call to action for us as a nation to think about the well-being of children everywhere, if Margaret Moon look at the data, Margaret Moon can look at poverty as a huge issue in this country and in addition to poverty, educational opportunities for children and also American Indian families with children.

5. President Barack Obama:

   She managed to bring Republicans and Democrats together to make this happen. Margaret, we may call on you again.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Margaret
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=margaret
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Margaret
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html