Magdalen

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "given name" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: măgʹdə-lĭn, IPA(key): /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Magdalen College" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: môdʹlĭn, IPA(key): /ˈmɔːdlɪn/
  • Homophone: maudlin Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "for Magdalen College sense" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Proper noun

Magdalen

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene
    • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel
      "We two," she said, "will seek the groves / Where the lady Mary is, / With her five handmaidens, whose names / Are five sweet symphonies, / Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, / Margaret and Rosalys.
  2. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalen College, Oxford..

Derived terms

Noun

Magdalen (plural Magdalens)

  1. Alternative form of Magdalene (“a reformed prostitute”)

Anagrams

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