mac
1
[ mak ]
/ mæk /
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).
Origin of mac
1
First recorded in 1650–60; special use of
Mac
Words nearby mac
Definition for mac (2 of 6)
Origin of mac
2
shortened form
Definition for mac (3 of 6)
Mac
[ mak ]
/ mæk /
noun
a male given name.
Definition for mac (4 of 6)
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
Definition for mac (5 of 6)
Definition for mac (6 of 6)
M.Ac.
Master of Accountancy.
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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
British Dictionary definitions for mac (3 of 5)
MAC
abbreviation for
multiplexed analogue component: a transmission coding system for colour television using satellite broadcasting
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Mac.
abbreviation for
Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)
British Dictionary definitions for mac (5 of 5)
Mac-
Mc- or M'-
prefix
(in surnames of Scottish or Irish Gaelic origin) son of
MacDonald; MacNeice
Word Origin for Mac-
from Goidelic
mac son of; compare Welsh
mab, Cornish
mab