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McMaster

mcmas·ter

US/mʌˈkmæstɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir or Mac Á Mhaighstir (“son of the master”), from maighstir (“master”). By surface analysis, Mc- + master.

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