The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mauger \Mau"ger\, Maugre \Mau"gre\ (m[add]"g[~e]r), prep. [OF. maugr['e], malgr['e], F. malgr['e]. See Mal-, Malice, and Agree.] In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding. [Archaic]
A man must needs love maugre his heed.
--Chaucer.
This mauger all the world will I keep safe.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
prep. (alternative spelling of maugre English)
Wikipedia
Mauger, the Jamaican Patois word for 'meagre', is a term used in rural Jamaica for a thin woman. In Jamaica, plumpness is considered to be important or vital to good health. The desired body is plump, full of vital bodily fluids, and the flow of substances through the body is maintained, both of which are contributing factors to good health. Any disruption in this flow or lack of bodily fluids is considered to be unhealthy and contributes to sickness. Being thin is associated with bad health, and is a factor which affects social relationships. According to Elis J. Sobo, "A slim person, especially a slim woman, is called a mauger - meagre and powerless - as if not alive at all, and like a mummy or an empty husk, far beyond that powerfully dangerous state of decay. A thin, dry body reveals a person's non-nurturant nature and his or her lack of social commitment" (p.262).
Mauger may be:
- a Jamaican Creole term: Mauger (Jamaican Creole term)
- a Norman French surname: Mauger (French name)
- Mauger of Hauteville
- Mauger (Archbishop of Rouen)
- Mauger, Count of Corbeil
- Mauger of Worcester (d. 1212), bishop of Worcester
- Aaron Mauger, New Zealand rugby union player
- Samuel Mauger, Australian politician
- Ivan Mauger, New Zealand former world motorcycle speedway champion
- Nathan Mauger, New Zealand rugby union player
Mauger is a Norman surname of Germanic origin (possibly meaning 'council-spear'). It was used first as a given name in the Middle Ages. pronunciation API : French [moʒe] (Old French [maʷdʒɘʁ]) ; English [ˈmeɪ.dʒ.ə].
Mauger (or Malger according to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum) was a younger son of Richard II, duke of Normandy, and his second wife, Papia of Envermeu, near Dieppe.
Mauger was brought up at the abbey of Fécamp as an eminent member of the Richardide ducal family, some of whom were later openly hostile to the accession of Duke William II. On the death of his uncle Robert, Archbishop of Rouen (1037), Mauger, probably still a minor, was chosen to succeed him.
Mauger was apparently slow to instill loyalty to the young Duke William. In particular, he was opposed to the marriage of Duke William and Matilda of Flanders in 1049. His full brother William of Talou married a sister of the Count of Ponthieu and was appointed by William as Count of Arques, near Dieppe.
William of Talou, Mauger's brother, was defeated in a failed rebellion against their nephew Duke William II in battle near Arques in 1053, after which Talou fled into exile at Boulogne. Because of a perceived connection to his brother's rebellion, Mauger was deposed from his archbishopric at the council of Lisieux. Mauger was banished from Rouen to the Isle of Guernsey, he landed at a bay on the south coast that was names "Saint's bay" in his honour.
Mauger's behaviour as a secular lord who had opposed papal authority enabled William to achieve his deposition on the grounds of inappropriate conduct at a provincial council held at Lisieux in 1054 or 1055. Stories relating to the end of Mauger's life in the Channel Islands were collected a century later by Wace (1100-1174), himself a native of Jersey. According to Wace, Mauger had a common law wife, who had borne him many children, and Mauger had devoted himself to hawking and reading occult sciences. The dethroned bishop is alleged to have abandoned himself to a pact with the devil and, having gone mad, drowned about 1055; his body was buried in a church at Cherbourg-Octeville. At the time of his death, Mauger is assumed to have been in his mid-thirties.
Usage examples of "mauger".
One of their number, who Bram recognized as the master axman Mauger Loy, had whorls of ink so densely sewn across his cheeks that you could not see the color of his skin.
He and Mauger had been companions of the ax before the slaying of the old Dhoone chief, yet all the years spent training and campaigning meant nothing to Iago when compared with his loyalty to Robbie Dhoone.
The warriors should have stayed overnight and rested them, but Bram knew Mauger was eager to get away.
Kenrick has come to inform us of another attack on a nearby manor, this time-only five miles on the far side of Oakham, more than Ftkely the work of that devil, Mauger of Often, or the rabble of unruly routiers he keeps to attend him.
Rumours abound that the King is ailing, Meanwhile, we continue to suffer from the unspeakable behaviour of men like Mauger, who thrive on unrest.
This, then, this flamboyantly swaggering man was Mauger de Cotaine of Often whom all in the shire credited with the sheltering of the men who constantly raided their property.
Sir Walter what had occurred at the manor house and of the later encounter with Mauger of Often.
Yes, she had realised only too well that she could become prey to some creature such as Mauger of Often.
No, if she could gain evidence against 15 I Mauger de Cotaine from the presence of these men so near A!
Was it even possible that Mauger himself was one of the raiding party and, even now, in the hut with his men?
I want him taken and questioned and Mauger de Cotaine arraigned for the villain he is.
Guiltily she recognised that her accusation of cowardice was totally unfounded, yet why had he not before ridden out against Mauger de Cotaine, whom all in the county knew to be the master of these men?
Everyone in the county believes Mauger de Corainc to be guilty, but my husband will not take any hand in bringing him to justice.
In the meantime, Baron Mauger shall also be kept under guard, I promise you.
Baron Mauger de Cotaine of Offen here in Devizes and her reaction to the sight.