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Macleod

American  
[muh-kloud] / məˈklaʊd /

noun

  1. Fiona. Sharp, William.

  2. John James Rickard 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize in medicine 1923.


Macleod British  
/ məˈklaʊd /

noun

  1. John James Rickard. 1876–1935, Scottish physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1923) with Banting for their part in discovering insulin

"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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Cal Macleod is a 22-year-old island native who graduated from a textile-engineering school in Edinburgh—his gifts on the loom earned him a scholarship—and has been guilt-tripped by his father, John, into returning home.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Macleod agrees: "Turn off torches and car headlights, and stop looking at your phone because the light from the screen can affect your eyes acclimatising and adjusting to the total darkness."

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Scarlets duo Josh Macleod and Eddie James return after missing the autumn campaign because of injury.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

Wales flanker Josh Macleod believes his struggling side's Six Nations opener away to in-form England on Saturday could provide the intense physical encounter they need to spring a surprise.

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How "Macleod of Dare" like this would have been!

From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

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