MACFARLANE

Meaning of MACFARLANE in English

[ mək'fα:lən ]

■ noun dated a type of overcoat with a shoulder cape and slits for access to pockets in clothing worn underneath.

Origin

1920s: prob. from the name of the designer or original manufacturer of the coat.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MACFARLANE — mə̇kˈfärlə̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized M & sometimes capitalized F Etymology: prob from the name MacFarlane : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACFARLANE — /meuhk fahr"lin/ , n. an overcoat with an attached cape and two slits in front near the waist. Also, Macfarlane, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MACFARLANE — n. coat that has an attached cape and two slits in front close to the waist
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MACFARLANE — family name; Sir Frank Burnet Macfarlane (1899-1985), Australian physician and virologist who was a pioneer in the application of ecological …
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BURNET, SIR (FRANK) MACFARLANE — born Sept. 3, 1899, Traralgon, Vic., Austl. died Aug. 31, 1985, Melbourne, Vic. Australian physician and virologist. Burnet received his …
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FRANK MACFARLANE BURNET — n. (1899-1985) Australian physician and virologist who was a pioneer in the application of ecological principles to viral diseases, winner …
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FRANK BURNET MACFARLANE — (1899-1985) Australian biologist who was a pioneer in the application of ecological principles to viral diseases, winner of the 1960 …
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BURNET, SIR MACFARLANE — born Sept. 3, 1899, Traralgon, Australia died Aug. 31, 1985, Melbourne in full Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet Australian physician, immunologist, …
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MACFARLANE, IAN — эк. Макфарлейн, Ян (1946- ; управляющий Резервного банка Австралии) See: Reserve Bank of Australia
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MEDAWAR, SIR PETER B(RIAN) — born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng. Brazilian-born British zoologist. Educated at Oxford, …
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FRANK — I Member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The Franks lived east …
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BURNET — /beuhr net", berr"nit/ , n. Sir (Frank) Macfarlane /meuhk fahr"leuhn/ , 1899-1985, Australian physician: Nobel prize for physiology 1960.
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MAC BURNET — n. Sir Frank Burnet Macfarlane (1899-1985), Australian physician and virologist who was a pioneer in the application of ecological principles …
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BURNET — n. family name; Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1899-1985), Australian physician and virologist who was a pioneer in the application of ecological …
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MEDAWAR, SIR PETER B. — born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng. Peter B. Medawar, 1960. in full …
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SIR — Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence Amis Sir Kingsley …
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MEDAWAR, SIR PETER BRIAN — born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng. Brazilian-born British zoologist. Educated at Oxford, …
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MEDAWAR, SIR PETER B — born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng. Brazilian-born British zoologist. Educated at Oxford, …
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FRANK — n. Baum Lyman Frank Buckley William Frank Jr. Burnet Sir Frank Macfarlane Capra Frank Chapman Frank Michler Frank James Cooper …
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