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mac

1

[ mak ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)
  1. fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).


mac

2
or mack

[ mak ]

noun

, Informal.

mac

3

[ mak ]

Mac

4

[ mak ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

Mac.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Maccabees.

M.Ac.

6

abbreviation for

  1. Master of Accountancy.

Mac-

7
  1. a prefix found in many family names of Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin, as MacBride and Macdonald.

MAC

1

abbreviation for

  1. multiplexed analogue component: a transmission coding system for colour television using satellite broadcasting
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Mac.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)
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Mac-

3

prefix

  1. (in surnames of Scottish or Irish Gaelic origin) son of

    MacNeice

    MacDonald

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mac

4

/ mæk /

noun

  1. informal.
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mac

5

/ mæk /

noun

  1. an informal term of address to a man
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mac1

First recorded in 1650–60; special use of Mac

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

from Goidelic mac son of; compare Welsh mab, Cornish mab

Origin of mac2

C20: abstracted from Mac- , prefix of Scottish surnames
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Example Sentences

With Mac and Jesse we wanted to establish a friendship that was mostly a product of their common situation and enclosed world.

Brute is the story of Mac and Jesse, two disenfranchised teens who turn to robbing houses as a form of recreation and quick cash.

Fewer and fewer of them, says Mac Naughton, are caught roaming the store “in the middle of the night.”

I remember them coming over all adorable with mac and cheese, collard greens, fried chicken.

As with AIG, the government essentially bailed out the financial system by bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

When we were mounted Mac leaned over and muttered an admonitory word for Piegan's ear alone.

If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.

After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.

One or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.

When we got down into the bottom Mac turned aside to the deep-worn trail and glanced sharply down at the ruts.

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