English Explanatory Dictionary

McNaughton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA.

Word forms

McNaughton McNaughtons MacNaughton McCreight McCright

Etymology

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Neachtain, a patronymic surname from the personal name Neachtan, a name of the god of water in Irish mythology, of uncertain ultimate origin; see Nechtan. Compare McCracken.

Derived words

McNaughton rules
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