Definition of: Margaret

(mär′gə·rət)
1. A feminine personal name. Also Mar·ger·y (mär′jər·ē), Lat. Mar·ga·re·ta (mär′gə·rē′tə), Du. Mar·ga·re·tha (mär′·gä·rē′tä), Ger. Mar·ga·re·the (mär′gə·rā′tə), Pg. Mar·ga·ri·da (mär′gə·rē′thə) Lat., Ital. Mar·ga·ri·ta (mär′gä·rē′tä), Ital. Mar·ghe·ri·ta (mär′ge·rē′tä), Fr. Mar·gue·rite (már·gə·rēt′). [<Gk., pearl]
2. In Goethe's Faust, Margarethe, the heroine: also Gretchen.
—Margaret of Anjou,
1430–82, wife of Henry VI of England; a leader of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses.
—Margaret of Navarre,
1492–1549, queen of Navarre, 1544–49.
—Margaret of Valois,
1553–1615, wife of Henry of Navarre; divorced: also known as Margaret of France.