A female given name from Hebrew / Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus. / (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

A reformed prostitute.

plural of Magdalene

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene / (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalen College, Oxford..

Alternative form of Magdalene (“a reformed prostitute”)

plural of Magdalen

(biblical) A female disciple of Jesus.

plural of Magdalene asylum

plural of Magdalene laundry

(historical, chiefly Ireland) A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes.