marge

¹

[ mahrj ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. margin; edge.

marge

²

[ mahrj ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.

1. margarine.

Marge

³

[ mahrj ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Margaret.

marge

¹

/ mɑːdʒ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a margin

marge

²

/ mɑːdʒ /

noun

1. informal.
   short for margarine

Word History and Origins

Origin of marge¹

< Middle French < Latin margō; margin

Origin of marge²

Shortened form

Word History and Origins

Origin of marge¹

C16: from French

Example Sentences

Upon its outer marges under the westward mountains Mordor was a dying land, but it was not yet dead.

From Literature

That keeps the profit marge of the $100 retail price roughly consistent.

From Forbes

That keeps the profit marge of the $100 retail price roughly consistent.

From Forbes

How sweet the frogs by reedy Mantuan marges Cried in the broken moonlight round the barges, Where, glib decline of glass, the Mincio's march Flaws in a riot at the Causeway arch!

From Project Gutenberg

Raymond ordered, pointing to a litter of handbills where the wavelets lapped the marge of seaweed.

From Project Gutenberg