MacGregor

Definition: MacGregor

MacGregor

Noun

1. Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734).

Date "MacGregor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Specialty Definitions: MacGregor

Domain	Definitions
Literature	MacGregor The motto of the MacGregors is, "Een do and spair nocht," said to have been given them in the twelfth century by the king of Scotland. While the king was hunting he was attacked by a wild boar, when Sir Malcolm requested permission to encounter the creature. "Een do," said the king, "and spair nocht." Whereupon the strong baronet tore up an oak sapling and despatched the enraged animal. For this defence the king gave Sir Malcolm permission to use the said motto, and, in place of a Scotch fir, to adopt for crest an oak-tree cradicate, proper. Another motto of the MacGregors is- "Sriogal mo dhream." Rob Roy MacGregor or Robert Campbell, the outlaw. A Highland freebooter, the hero of Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy. His wife's name is Helen, and their eldest son Hamish. In the Two Drovers MacGregor or MacCombich (Robin Oig) is a Highland drover. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: MacGregor

Synonyms: Rob Roy (n), Robert MacGregor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: MacGregor

English words defined with "MacGregor": Robert MacGregor. (references)

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Modern Usage: MacGregor

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Ha ha! By God, you have a style to you, MacGregor! I like that! (Rob Roy; writing credit: Alan Sharp)
Movie/TV Titles	Sette donne per i MacGregor (1967) The Daughter of MacGregor (1916)
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Commercial Usage: MacGregor

Domain	Title
Books	The MacGregor Trilogy: MacGregor's Gathering; The Clansman; Gold for Prince Charlie (reference) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage As Delivered by Abraham of Wurzburg Unto His Son Lamech, Ad 1458: A Shorter Version in Seven Chapters Translated by Sl Macgregor Mathers (reference) MuseNews Interviews with Art Museum Directors Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnee, Ronald De Leeuw, John Leighton, Henri Loyrette, Neil MacGregor [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Miss Pickerell and the Lost World (Series Originated by Ellen Macgregor) (reference) A Wee Guide to Rob Roy MacGregor (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier 48 Preludes and Fugues / Hewitt, MacGregor, Demidenko, Gavrilow (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Photo Album: MacGregor

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	The Mississippi River near MacGregor in northeast Iowa.Credit: Lynn Betts.
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Usage Frequency: MacGregor

"MacGregor" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MacGregor" is used about 460 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	460	12,751

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: MacGregor

The following table summarizes the usage of "MacGregor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Macgregor	Last name	2,000	6,027
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: MacGregor

Expression using "MacGregor": Robert MacGregor. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "MacGregor": Macgregor-hunting.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MacGregor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
macgregor	210
macgregor golf	167
macgregor sail boat	156
ewan macgregor	54
macgregor golf club	54
macgregor boat	46
macgregor 26	45
26m macgregor	44
karen macgregor	39
macgregor 26x	36
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Modern Translations: MacGregor

Language		Translations for "macgregor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		acgregormay.(various references)

Scottish		Mac Griogair (pnm. MacGregor). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: MacGregor

Misspellings
	"MacGregor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Macgreigor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MacGregor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-g-m-o-r-r"
	-2 letters: grogram.
	-3 letters: carrom, gorger, grocer, remora, roamer.
	-4 letters: agger, aggro, armer, armor, cager, cameo, carer, cargo, carom, comae, comer, corer, cream, crore, eggar, gager, gamer, gorge, grace, grego, macer, macro, marge, morae, ocrea, omega, ormer, racer, rearm, regma, roger.
	-5 letters: acme, acre, aero, ager, agog, arco, cage, came, care, carr, cero, coma, come, core, corm, crag, cram, ergo, gage, game, gear, germ, goer, gore, gram, grog, mace, mage, marc, mare, mora, more, ogam, ogre, omer, orca, orra, race, rage, rare, ream, rear, roam, roar.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-g-m-o-r-r"
	+5 letters: macroaggregate.
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