margate

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/ˈmɑ(ɹ)ɡɪt//ˈmɑ(ɹ)ɡeɪt//ˈmɑːɡeɪt//ˈmɑːɡɪt/

noun

A white margate, of the species Haemulon album of fishes.

Similar
Haemulon album
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

margate1

nounmargate (plural margates)

plural margates

  1. A white margate, of the species Haemulon album of fishes.

Margate2

proper noun

alternative Meregate

  1. A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).
    1 more example

    Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times.

    1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40
  2. A suburb of Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil

Similar
Haemulon album
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle EnglishMargate
  2. EnglishMargate

From Middle English Margate, Meregate, from mere (“pool, lake, sea”) + gate (“gate”).

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APA

margate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margate

MLA

“margate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “margate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margate.

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