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McDonald

UK/məkˈdɒnəld/US/məkˈdɑnəld/

McDonald proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic. Also the alternative form of McDonald's.

Proper noun (1)

McDonald (countable and uncountable, plural McDonalds)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
    • Born poor in rural New Hampshire, Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald migrated to California in the late 1920's, equipped with high school diplomas and the desire to make $1 million before they reached 50. […] By 1954, the McDonalds had sold 21 franchises and opened nine outlets.1998 July 16, Kenneth N. Gilpin, “Richard McDonald, 89, Fast-Food Revolutionary”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep...
  2. A minor city in Rawlins County, Kansas.
  3. An extinct town in Barry County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lea County, New Mexico.
  5. A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
  6. A village in Trumbull County, Ohio.
  7. A borough in Allegheny County and Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mcdonald

Mcdonald

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of McDonald.

Also used as

McDonald is also the alternative form of McDonald's.

Forms of McDonald

pluralMcDonalds

Origin of McDonald

A common spelling variant of MacDonald, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".

Words formed from McDonald

Words that rhyme with McDonald

Questions about McDonald

What does McDonald mean?
McDonald means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is McDonald?
McDonald is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce McDonald?
McDonald is pronounced /məkˈdɒnəld/ (UK).

Words near McDonald in the dictionary

  1. McDojo
  2. McDojos
  3. McDole
  4. McDoles
  5. McDonagh
  6. McDonald
  7. McDonald County
  8. McDonald's
  9. McDonald's-esque
  10. McDonald's-ization
  11. McDonald'ses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: McDonald (page history and authors); Mcdonald (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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