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McDonald
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Mc Donald Mcdonald
English
+ (places)
Etymology
A common spelling variant of en MacDonald, from en gd Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".
Pronunciation
en /məkˈdɒnəld/ UK
en /məkˈdɑnəld/ US
en ɒnəld 2
Proper noun
~
en Scottish Gaelic.
16 July 1998 Kenneth N. Gilpin Richard McDonald, 89, Fast-Food Revolutionary https://web.archive.org/web/20090930084204/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/16/business/richard-mcdonald-89-fast-food-revolutionary.html Born poor in rural New Hampshire, Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald migrated to California in the late 1920's, equipped with high school diplomas and the desire to make $1 million before they reached 50. By 1954, the McDonalds had sold 21 franchises and opened nine outlets.
en number of places c/USA:
en minor city co/Rawlins County s/Kansas.
en extinct town co/Barry County s/Missouri.
en unincorporated community co/Lea County s/New Mexico.
en town co/Robeson County s/North Carolina.
en village co/Trumbull County s/Ohio.
en borough in co/Allegheny County and co/Washington County s/Pennsylvania.
en nonstandard chiefly attributive en McDonald's.
en Gaetano Morello Toxin Infiltration Whole Body Cleansing: Transform Your Health through Gentle Purification and Effective Detoxification El Segundo, Calif. w:Active Interest Media 2009 52 https://archive.org/details/wholebodycleansi0000more/page/52/mode/1up 978-1-935297-22-2 Over a life time the average American consumes more than 50 tons of food. For meat eaters this could include about 2,450 chickens, 118 turkeys, 33 pigs, and 12 cows. For many of us, this total could also include about 6,500 hot dogs, 20,000 M&M’s, 35,000 cookies, 70,000 cups of coffee and 1,800 McDonald meals.
en Charles Petty Repairing Life and Lakes of Fire Almost a Spy Bloomington, Ind. w:AuthorHouse 3 January 2012 279 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781468523331/page/279/mode/1up 978-1-4685-2333-1 Later that evening, Maia and I took a taxi downtown to the largest McDonald Restaurant in the world. We were told, and later witnessed long strands of cars pulling up to purchase already bagged McDonald meals from private entrepreneurs, long after the restaurant had closed.
en Joshua B. Seth [My Recovery from Bulimia] Safe Foods Anorexia and Bulimia Recovery Workbook 2nd Saint Louis, Mo. JBS-Publishing 2016 59 https://archive.org/details/anorexiabulimiar0000seth/page/59/mode/1up 978-1517224929 I would always attempt to get some type of protein like a hamburger or chicken sandwich from McDonald’s. French fries is not a safe food for me because I would often choke on several fries causing me the need to purge- so, no McDonald meals.
Derived terms
en Heard Island and McDonald Islands McDonald County McDonald's McDonaldesque McDonaldish McDonaldization McDonaldize
Translations
all senses MacDonald
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, McDonald is the 143rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 180,497 individuals. McDonald is most common among White (76.65%) individuals.
Italian
Alternative forms
it McDonald's
Etymology
it :bor en:McDonald's
it en McDonald's.
Pronunciation
mec.dònald
Proper noun
m
en McDonald's widespread chain of fast food restaurants
Related terms
it Mac (colloquial shortening)