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maugre
or mau·ger
[ maw-ger ]
preposition
, Archaic.
- in spite of; notwithstanding.
maugre
/ ˈmɔːɡə /
preposition
- obsolete.in spite of
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maugre1
C13 (meaning: ill will): from Old French maugre, literally: bad pleasure
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Example Sentences
In this manner ye are welcome, that ye come hither maugre thy head, as I suppose.
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Then Sir Launcelot by great force and might gat his own horse maugre twenty knights.
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So those three knights loved their sister so sore that they brent in love, and so they lay by her, maugre her head.
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And else, said Sir Gawaine, wit thou well thou shouldst not have come here, but if it were maugre thy head.
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We are likely to be on good terms with England, maugre the best exertions of some of our politicians.
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