Margaret definition

From the name of a legendary third century saint, from from .

1590 William Shakespeare: First Part of King Henry the Sixth: Act V, Scene V (the closing lines):

Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;

But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.
1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Cottage Names:

Margaret, Marguerite - the pearl! the daisy! Oh name of romance and of minstrelsy, which brings the days of chivalry to mind, and the worship of flowers and ladies fair!
1868 Bentley's Miscellany, London. p.417:

Amongst us English, the name is a greater favourite than with any other nation: but we have played upon it, and abused it oftener too. In no language does Margaret sound sweeter or homelier than in ours: not so Mag, Maggie, Meg, Madge, Moggie, Peg, Peggy, and abominable Piggy, of which abridgements only the two first are defensible.