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McDonalds

McDonalds is the plural of McDonald.

Meaning of McDonald

Proper noun

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.

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Questions about McDonalds

What is McDonalds the plural of?
McDonalds is the plural of McDonald.

Words near McDonalds in the dictionary

  1. McDonaldization
  2. McDonaldize
  3. McDonaldized
  4. McDonaldizes
  5. McDonaldizing
  6. McDonalds
  7. McDonalds-ization
  8. McDonaldsesque
  9. McDonaldsisation
  10. McDonaldsization
  11. McDonaldson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: McDonalds (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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