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mcwhirter

/məkwˈɝtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
mcwhirter
IPA
/məkwˈɝtɚ/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir (“son of the harpist”), from cruitear (“harpist, fiddler”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McWhirters (plural) Macwhirter (alternative) McQuarter (alternative) McQuerter (alternative) McWherter (alternative) McWhorter (alternative)

Homonyms

mcwherter

Rhymes With

converter herter mcwherter cadillac converter catalytic converter inverter squirter alerter subverter reverter

Questions

How do you pronounce mcwhirter?
The recorded pronunciation is /məkwˈɝtɚ/.
What does mcwhirter mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does mcwhirter come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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