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MacPherson

MacPherson proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun (1)

MacPherson (countable and uncountable, plural MacPhersons)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A neighbourhood of Geylang district, Singapore.
    • Alternative form: Macpherson

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Macpherson

Macpherson

  1. A surname, alternative form of MacPherson, including in Singapore.

Forms of MacPherson

pluralMacPhersons
alternative formMacpherson

Origin of MacPherson

Variant spelling of McPherson.

See McPherson.

Words formed from MacPherson

Questions about MacPherson

What does MacPherson mean?
MacPherson means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is MacPherson?
MacPherson is a proper noun.

Words near MacPherson in the dictionary

  1. macoya
  2. macoyas
  3. macpalxochitl
  4. MacPhail
  5. Macphee
  6. MacPherson
  7. Macphersonian
  8. macphersonite
  9. MacPhersons
  10. macplocimine
  11. MacQuaid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MacPherson (page history and authors); Macpherson (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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