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mac

1
[ mak ]
/ mæk /
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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).

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RELATED WORDS

laptop, workstation, minicomputer, overcoat, slicker, poncho, mackintosh, mack, clone, brain, calculator, mini, CPU, PC, mainframe, abacus, microcomputer, analog, computer, Macintosh

Nearby words

  1. mabelle,
  2. mabinogion,
  3. mabinogion, the,
  4. mableton,
  5. mabuse,
  6. mac-,
  7. mac.,
  8. macabre,
  9. macaca,
  10. macaco

Origin of mac

1
First recorded in 1650–60; special use of Mac

mac

2

or mack

[ mak ]
/ mæk /

noun Informal.

a mackintosh.
McIntosh.

Origin of mac

2
shortened form

Mac

[ mak ]
/ mæk /

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 of Mac-

< Irish, Scots Gaelic mac son, Old Irish macc; akin to Welsh, Cornish mab

Mac.

Maccabees.

M.Ac.

Master of Accountancy.
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British Dictionary definitions for mac

mac

mack

/ (mæk) /

noun

British informal short for mackintosh (def. 1), mackintosh (def. 3)

Mac

1
/ (mæk) /

noun

mainly US and Canadian an informal term of address to a man

Word Origin for Mac

C20: abstracted from Mac-, prefix of Scottish surnames

MAC

abbreviation for

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

Mac.

abbreviation for

Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)

Mac-

Mc- or M'-

prefix

(in surnames of Scottish or Irish Gaelic origin) son ofMacDonald; MacNeice

Word Origin for Mac-

from Goidelic mac son of; compare Welsh mab, Cornish mab
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Word Origin and History for mac
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