Magdalen

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Pronunciation

• (given name) enPR: măgʹdə-lĭn, IPA: /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/
• (Magdalen College) enPR: môdʹlĭn, IPA: /ˈmɔːdlɪn/

Proper noun

1. A female given name
   • 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. Magdalen College (a college of Oxford University)

Noun

Magdalen (plural Magdalens)

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

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