madge

plural madges

1. archaicThe barn owl.
2. archaicThe magpie.

plural Madges

1. countableuncountableA female given name

   Fie upon Caroline, Madge, Amelia - / These I reckon the essence of prose!

   ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19

   1. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Margaret
   2. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Madonna, of rare usage
2. countableuncountableA surname.
3. countableuncountableA town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
4. countableobsoleteslanguncountableThe vulva.

   SALLY, who began to be tir'd with her Canonis'd Suitor, drew up the Curtain, alias her Hoop-Petticoat, &c. and clapping her Hand upon Madge, said, Ecce Signum, Doctor. This is my only Support, and I hope will continue so to my Life's End.

   1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI

5. countableinformaluncountableMadonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone), Queen of Pop music, American singer.

   Synonyms: Queen of Pop