English Explanatory Dictionary

Marmaduke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Irish, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham.

Word forms

Marmaduke

Etymology

Thought to be derived from the Irish name Mael Maedóc, "devotee of Maedóc" (an Irish saint); also anglicised as Malachy.

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