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English
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Etymology
From Old French; ultimately from Ancient Greek. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
Margery
- a medieval vernacular form of Margaret, a female given name from Ancient Greek.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I know not what I shall think of that; but I am Launcelot, the Jew's man, and I am sure Margery your wife is my mother.
2008, Kelly Chance Beckman, The Boomers!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 242:Margery is her name, sounds like sweet butter on Kansas corn.