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Macbeth

/məkˈbɛθ/

Macbeth proper noun: a William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.

macbeth: a William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family
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Proper noun (1)

Macbeth

  1. A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
  2. The title character of said play.
  3. An 11th-century king of Scotland.
  4. A surname.
    • On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed an all-office email. “My story,” read the subject line in Nishnaabemwin, the Ojibwe language.
      “Hello everyone,” the email continued in Nishnaabemwin. “My name is Janet.”2019 November 15, Kate Allen, “‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pioneering surgery”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2024

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MacBeth

MacBeth

  1. A surname.

Origin of Macbeth

Anglicization of Middle Irish Mac Bethad, equivalent to the modern mac (“son of”) bheatha (“life”).

Words formed from Macbeth

Phrases with Macbeth

Questions about Macbeth

What does Macbeth mean?
Macbeth means a William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
What part of speech is Macbeth?
Macbeth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Macbeth?
Macbeth is pronounced /məkˈbɛθ/.

Words near Macbeth in the dictionary

  1. Macaya green twig anoles
  2. MacBain
  3. MacBeath
  4. MacBee
  5. MacBees
  6. Macbeth
  7. Macbeth chart
  8. Macbeth charts
  9. Macbeth trap
  10. Macbeth traps
  11. Macbethan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Macbeth (page history and authors); MacBeth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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