Margery

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proper noun

A medieval vernacular form of Margaret, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Marjorie · alternative Marjory · alternative Margaery

  1. A medieval vernacular form of Margaret, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    Margery is her name, sounds like sweet butter on Kansas corn.

    2008, Kelly Chance Beckman, The Boomers!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 242
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    I know not what I shall think of that; but I am Launcelot, the Jew's man, and I am sure Margery your wife is my mother.

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]

Origin

From Old French; ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Margery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Margery

MLA

“Margery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Margery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Margery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Margery.

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