Jump To:

• Macdonald
  Macdonald

  noun

  George, 1824–1905, Scottish novelist and poet.
• MacDonald
  MacDonald

  noun

  James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.

Macdonald

¹ American  

[muhk-don-uhld] / məkˈdɒn əld /

noun

1. George, 1824–1905, Scottish novelist and poet.

2. Sir John Alexander, 1815–91, Canadian statesman, born in Scotland: first prime minister 1867–73, 1878–91.

---

MacDonald ² American  

[muhk-don-uhld] / məkˈdɒn əld /

noun

1. James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.

---

Macdonald ¹ British  

/ məkˈdɒnəld /

noun

1. Flora. 1722–90, Scottish heroine, who helped the Young Pretender to escape to Skye after his defeat at the battle of Culloden (1746)

2. Sir John Alexander. 1815–91, Canadian statesman, born in Scotland, who was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73; 1878–91)

---

MacDonald ² British  

/ məkˈdɒnəld /

noun

1. ( James ) Ramsay . 1866–1937, British statesman, who led the first and second Labour Governments (1924 and 1929–31). He also led a coalition (1931–35), which the majority of the Labour Party refused to support

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Macdonald MacDonald

Judd Apatow directed the Macdonald documentary, now streaming, and co-directed the one on Bamford, which premieres Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

For Macdonald, that kind of spending is changing Europe's space industry.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Care Not Killing chief executive Gordon Macdonald described the vote as "decisive".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Here we meet Kelly Macdonald, suppressing her Scottish accent as tough but tender Sheriff Kerry, asserting her jurisdictional rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A peek at the entries for these words in any dictionary will show that Macdonald was wrong about the inevitable degeneration of a language that is not policed by lexicographers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Ralph MacDonald and William Salter wrote the song with Withers, who died of heart complications on March 30, 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

MacDonald makes superb use of the story’s Manchester backdrop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Needham analyst Ryan MacDonald noted commentary from management indicating uptake of Doximity’s AI offerings.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

When they are faced with closing schools, they think: “Not on my watch,” MacDonald says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He is the son of a famous professional hunter named Iain MacDonald, who was killed at the controls of a light plane that crashed on the African plains in 1967, when Robin was thirteen.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---