maugre

American  

[maw-ger] / ˈmɔ gər /

Or mauger

preposition

Archaic.

1. in spite of; notwithstanding.

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maugre British  

/ ˈmɔːɡə /

preposition

1. obsolete in spite of

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Etymology

Origin of maugre

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English, from Middle French: literally, “spite, ill-will,” equivalent to mau- mal- + gre gree ²

Example Sentences

If, maugre Turnus slain, I deign to welcome as a friend his foe, 37 Why not, while Turnus lives, the needless strife forego?

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Without assistance from their respective Governments they had won the right to live there, "maugre the King of Spain's beard."

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

In this particular business he was, maugre Messer Simone's beard, paid a better price not to do what Simone paid a less price to have done.

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Neglect on my part: which it seems she has had the wit to discover, maugre all my pains to conceal it.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

And thus, maugre his melancholy, and indeed by reason of it, William Guthrie was a great humorist. 

From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander