/ mæk; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] ( NAmE , informal ) used to address a man whose name you do not know
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (originally a form of address to a Scotsman): from Mac- , a patronymic prefix in many Scots and Irish surnames.
/ mæk; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] ( NAmE , informal ) used to address a man whose name you do not know
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (originally a form of address to a Scotsman): from Mac- , a patronymic prefix in many Scots and Irish surnames.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005