Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac an Chrosáin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac an Chrosáin“son of the satirist”
  2. English todayCrossan

Reduced form of McCrossen, from Irish Mac an Chrosáin (“son of the satirist”), from crosán (“reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.