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McLaren

McLaren proper noun: a surname.

mclaren: a surname
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Proper noun (1)

McLaren (plural McLarens)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

McLaren

  1. McLaren Automotive, a British sports/supercar manufacturer.
    • Lamborghini, which has built supercars with big 12-cylinder engines for almost 60 years, is one of several supercar makers, including Ferrari and McLaren, that are creating plug-in hybrid sports cars or fully-electric models to meet increasingly stringent carbon emission regulations.2021 July 7, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2021
  2. McLaren, a British Formula One race team.

Noun

McLaren (plural McLarens)

  1. A car manufactured by McLaren Automotive or McLaren F1.
    • On the street, a white McLaren continually speeds north, only to crawl back south again, but few are paying it the attention the driver desires.2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate (2023), page 153

Forms of McLaren

Proper noun
pluralMcLarens
alternative formLearn
alternative formMcClaran
alternative formMcClaren
alternative formMcLaurin
Noun
pluralMcLarens

Origin of McLaren

From Bruce McLaren, Formula One driver and race team founder.

Questions about McLaren

What does McLaren mean?
McLaren means a surname.
What part of speech is McLaren?
McLaren can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near McLaren in the dictionary

  1. McLamb
  2. McLambs
  3. McLane
  4. McLanes
  5. McLaney
  6. McLaren
  7. McLarens
  8. McLarnon
  9. McLarty
  10. McLartys
  11. McLaughin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: McLaren (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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