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Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person. · A diminutive of the male given name Max. · A surname. · The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEllipsis of Mack truck.
(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.
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