• Magdalen

    Pronunciation

    • given name enPR: măgʹdÉ™-lÄ­n, IPA: /ˈmæɡdÉ™lɪn/
    • Magdalen College enPR: môdʹlÄ­n, IPA: /ˈmɔːdlɪn/
    • Homophones: maudlin for Magdalen College sense

    Full definition of Magdalen

    Proper noun

    Magdalen

    (plural Magdalens)
    1. ; a variant of Magdalene
      • 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, Oxford (a college of Oxford University)

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