"Machead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmækˌhɛd/ Audio: En-au-Machead.ogg [Australia] Forms: Macheads [plural]
Etymology: From Mac + -head. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Mac|-head<id:head>|text=+|tree=1}} From Mac + -head., {{ety|en|:af|Mac|-head<id:head>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English headder. English -head English Machead From Mac + -head. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Machead (plural Macheads)
  1. (slang) A fan of the Apple Macintosh computer. Tags: slang Synonyms: Macolyte

Inflected forms

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