Margaret

[mahr-guh-rit, -grit]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pearl.”

Margaret

/ ˈmɑːɡrət /

noun

1. called the Maid of Norway. ?1282–90, queen of Scotland (1286–90); daughter of Eric II of Norway. Her death while sailing to England to marry the future Edward II led Edward I to declare dominion over Scotland

2. 1353–1412, queen of Sweden (1388–1412) and regent of Norway and Denmark (1380–1412), who united the three countries under her rule

3. Princess. 1930–2002, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Example Sentences

Only Margaret Atwood could write a debut memoir at age 85 and make it significantly different from her previous work while at the same time infusing it with her droll wit and many passions, literary, environmental and familial.

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After his separation from his wife, the youngest Trudeau could not escape the inevitable comparisons to his father, who had also separated from his first wife and the mother of his children, Margaret Trudeau, while in office.

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"They're lovely, but they're problematic too," says Graeme Peart from St Margaret's Church, Saxlingham, just a few miles from Guestwick.

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However, the governments of Sir Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher passed more legislation through parliament in their first 16 months in office.

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Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth was born near Guildford on 22 June 1932.

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