Mcleod

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of rakehoe.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of McLeod. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, the anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Leòid

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid (“son of Leòd”), from Old Norse Liótr (“the Ugly (one)”), from Old Norse ljótr (“ugly, scary”). The combination tool was created in 1905 by Malcolm McLeod, a US Forest Service ranger.

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