name
McLeod
muh-KLOWD
name
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A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, the anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Leòid
noun
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Synonym of rakehoe.
Word Forms
McLeods plural
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Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid (“son of Leòd”), from Old Norse Liótr (“the Ugly (one)”), from Old Norse ljótr (“ugly, scary”). The combination tool was created in 1905 by Malcolm McLeod, a US Forest Service ranger.
Class of 1905
McLeod joined the language around 1905.
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