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McCartney

mccart·ney

UK/məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/ US/mʌˈkɑrtni/ uncommon

noun

1.

English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)

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Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine (literally “son of Artan”), from mac (“son”) + Artan, a diminutive of the name Art, from Old Irish art (“bear”). Compare McCartan, of similar origin.

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