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mac
1[ mak ]
noun
, (often initial capital letter)
- fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
mac
2or mack
[ mak ]
noun
, Informal.
- a mackintosh.
mac
3[ mak ]
Mac
4[ mak ]
noun
- a male given name.
Mac.
5abbreviation for
- Maccabees.
M.Ac.
6abbreviation for
- Master of Accountancy.
Mac-
7- a prefix found in many family names of Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin, as MacBride and Macdonald.
Mac
1/ mæk /
noun
- an informal term of address to a man
Mac-
2prefix
- (in surnames of Scottish or Irish Gaelic origin) son of
MacDonald
MacNeice
MAC
3abbreviation for
- multiplexed analogue component: a transmission coding system for colour television using satellite broadcasting
mac
4/ mæk /
noun
- See mackintoshinformal.short for mackintosh mackintosh
Mac.
5abbreviation for
- Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mac2
Shortened form
Origin of mac3
Shortened form
Origin of mac4
< Irish, Scots Gaelic mac son, Old Irish macc; akin to Welsh, Cornish mab
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mac1
C20: abstracted from Mac- , prefix of Scottish surnames
Origin of mac2
from Goidelic mac son of; compare Welsh mab, Cornish mab
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