Mcfarlane

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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"It is rumoured as we go to press that Mr. John Hector McFarlane has actually been arrested on the charge of the murder of Mr. Jonas Oldacre."

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin (“son of Parthalán”), probably a Gaelicized form of the personal name Bartholomew.

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Oliver-McFarlane syndrome

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