Definition of "Margery"

Margery

proper noun
1. a medieval vernacular form of Margaret, a female given name from Ancient Greek.
  Quotations
  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.
  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[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
  Margery is her name, sounds like sweet butter on Kansas corn.
  2008, Kelly Chance Beckman, The Boomers!, Lulu.com, page 242