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Maggie¹

  • /ˈmæɡi/

Rhymes with -æɡi

proper noun Maggies

  1. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the female given name Margaret. Maggie. Never in her life had she heard her mother called Maggie. It was a name from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now.
  2. countable, informal, uncountable Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.

maggie²

  • /ˈmæɡi/

Rhymes with -æɡi

Where it comes from

From magpie + -ie.

noun maggies · maggy

  1. Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
  2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mags, margaret, magee, hsiang, fragrant, mag, margarita, margot, margo, margie, marguerite, peggy, peggie, gretchen, greta, marjorie

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name female given name

EspañolRita
한국어매기 Maegi
日本語マギー Magī
中文瑪吉 /玛吉 Mǎjí
FrançaisMaguy, Margot
DeutschGretel, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Meta
ItalianoRita, Greta

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@misc{maggie_2026,
  title = {maggie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maggie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}