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MARGARET

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 700 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARGARET (Fr. See also:

Marguerite, It. Margherita, Ger. Margareta, and Margarete, with dim. Grete, Gretchen, See also:Meta, fr. See also:Lat. See also:margarita; Gr. sapyapirns, a See also:pearl), a See also:female proper name, which became very popular in all See also:Christian countries as that of the See also:saint noticed below. See also:Biographies of some who have See also:borne it are arranged below in the following See also:order: See also:saints, queens of See also:Scotland, queens of other countries, princesses and duchesses.

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