magdalene

name

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
2. Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.

   “and the twelue were with him, And certaine women which had bene healed of euill spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene out of whom went seuen deuils”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

noun

1. A reformed prostitute.

   “"Trying to help women who've come to grief." Old Jolyon didn't quite understand. "To grief?" he repeated; then realised with a shock that she meant exactly what he would have meant himself if he had used that expression. Assisting the Magdalenes of London!”