Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Multicultural London English)Mother.

  2. (archaic)Margin; edge; brink or verge.

More definitions
  • a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Marge works for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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  2. We all knew that Bob was on a wild-goose chase after Marge, because she was already happily engaged.

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Origin

From French marge, from Latin margo. Doublet of margin and margo.

From French marge, from Latin margo. Doublet of margin and margo.

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Forms

plural: marges
Singularmarge
Pluralmarges

regular

Synonyms

32 synonyms
damA2motherA1mamaB2mammaB2momA1mommyA1mumA1matermatriarchmamammamawmammymamsie
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmarged

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
maremargarinemargaritamarginB2marginalC1
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