Definitions
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- proper n. A female given name borrowed from France in the 1860s.
Etymologies
Examples
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(Soundbite of music) Mr. OLIVIER: (as Andrew Wyke) Forgive me for raising the matter, but as Marguerite is away for a few days in the north visiting relatives, I thought this might be an appropriate moment for you and me to have a little chat.
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Unlike the original Camille, this Marguerite is not given to coughing, though members of the audience were.
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A blurry Marguerite is standing beside a seated Marguerite whose body is so slight that it makes her look like her own dwarf twin.
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Her violent act against poor Marguerite is testimony to that.
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When I was about to be confirmed in the Catholic Church at the age of eleven, my father asked me to take the name of Marguerite as my confirmation name.
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After a few minutes 'weary waiting which seemed endless to Marguerite, there came a short word of command from within and she was roughly pushed forward into the room by one of the men.
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Reine Marguerite is probably the translation by Robert Codrington of the Memorials of Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henri IV.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
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Then I remembered how persistently she had shouted out that word 'Marguerite' -- and I thought of the pictures, and -- well, that's that.
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But Anthony’s past may be more than she can handle, and when his former lover refuses to let him go, Marguerite is pulled into a bitter man’s vicious game of revenge.
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“Marguerite is French for Margaret,” answered Sam.
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