mac

Mac is defined as a shortened term for a macintosh computer or mackintosh raincoat, or is a slang term for a male for whom you don't know his name.

(noun)

  1. An example of a mac is a British rain jacket.
  2. An example of a mac is a teenage boy who delivers your pizza.

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See mac in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Chiefly Brit., Informal mackintosh (sense )

noun

Slang fellow: used as a general term of address for a man or boy

Origin: < Mac-, Mc-

son of: used in Scottish and Irish family names [MacDonald]: this form and its variants Mc-, M-, M'- are often grouped together when names are alphabetized

Origin: < Ir & Gael mac, son < OCelt *makkos, akin to *makwos, son > OWelsh map, Welsh mab, ap, son: see maiden

See mac in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British
A mackintosh.

noun
Slang
Used as a form of address for a man whose name is unknown.

Origin:

Origin: From Mac-, a common prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames

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abbreviation
Military Airlift Command

abbreviation
  1. Bible Maccabees
  2. a. Macedonia
    b. Macedonian

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