Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mauger \Mau"ger\, Maugre \Mau"gre\, prep. [OF. maugr['e],
   malgr['e], F. malgr['e]. See {Mal-}, {Malice}, and {Agree}.]
   In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding.

         A man must needs love maugre his heed.   --Chaucer.

         This mauger all the world will I keep safe. --Shak.

Maugre \Mau"gre\, v. t.
   To defy. [Obs.] --J. Webster.