MacDonald

See also: Macdonald

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məkˈdɒnəld/
  • (US) IPA(key): /məkˈdɑnəld/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnəld

Proper noun

MacDonald

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.
    • 2022 May 20, Elle Reeve, “How White ‘replacement theory’ evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for another racist mass homicide”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.”
  2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

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