Marmaduke

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Definitions

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

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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