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MacLennan

[ muh-klen-uhn ]

noun

  1. (John) Hugh, 1907–90, Canadian novelist and essayist.


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According to MacLennan, the capture of a woman from a strange tribe represents the earliest exogamy.

In its fundamental aspects it was proposed by MacLennan, the investigator who also gave us the word 'exogamy.'

Three mornings later we were at work in the huge wooden shed which serves Dr. Maclennan as operating-room and hospital.

Spencer and MacLennan have different explanations of this custom which seem hardly natural.

It is not always for human beings that Dr. Maclennan is asked to prescribe.

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