Mac Arthur

See also: MacArthur

English

Alternative forms

MacArthur
Mac arthur
Macarthur
Mc Arthur
McArthur

Mc arthur
Mcarthur
Mc Artur
McArtur
Mc artur
Mcartur

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Arthur.

Proper noun

A Scottish surname. The Clan MacArthur is one of the oldest of Argyll and its age is referred to in the proverb, "There is nothing older, unless the hills, MacArthur and the devil." Today it is a sept of the Clan Campbell.

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