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mac

1  [mak]
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–noun (often initial capital letter) Informal.
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
Origin:
1650–60; special use of Mac
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mac

2  [mak]
–noun Informal.
1. a mackintosh.
2. McIntosh.
Also, mack.

Origin:
shortened form

Mac

  [mak]
–noun
a male given name.

Mac-

 
a prefix found in many family names of Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin, as MacBride and Macdonald.
Also, Mc-, Mc-, M'-.

Origin:
< Ir, ScotGael mac son, OIr macc; akin to Welsh, Cornish mab

Mac.

 
Maccabees.

M.Ac.

 
Master of Accountancy.
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mac   (māk)   
n.   Chiefly British
A mackintosh.
Mac   (māk)   
n.   Slang
Used as a form of address for a man whose name is unknown.

[From Mac-, a common prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames.]
MAC  
abbr.  Military Airlift Command
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
Mac(k) [mæk]

  1. n.
    a generic name for a man. (Also a term of address.) : Look, Mac, you want to make some big money?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Mac 
casual, generic term of address for a man, 1928, from Ir. & Gaelic mac, from O.Celt. *makko-s "son;" a common prefix in Scottish and Irish names, hence, used generally from early 19c. for a Celtic Irishman. Cognate root *makwos "son" produced O.Welsh map, Welsh mab, ap "son;" also probably cognate with O.E. mago "son, attendant, servant," O.N. mögr "son," Goth. magus "boy, servant," O.E. mægð "maid" (see maiden).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mac
Function: abbreviation
macerate

Main Entry: MAC
Function: abbreviation
1 maximum allowable concentration
2 Mycobacterium avium complex
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

MAC
1. Media Access Control.
2. Early system on Ferranti Mercury. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).

Mac
Macintosh

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MAC

  1. maximum allowable cost

  2. media access control

  3. membrane attack complex

  4. military airlift command

  5. minimal alveolar concentration

  6. minimal anesthetic concentration

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Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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