angus

A1N1G2U1S1
UK/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

proper noun

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

angus1

noun
  1. pluralplural of angu

Angus2

proper nounAngus (plural Anguses)

plural Anguses

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

    Angus was a great enlargement of experience for me, because he illustrated how haphazardly Fate attributes names to her unoffending children. Angus McGubbin: a Scots giant, red-haired and scowling - wouldn't you think so?

    1994, RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, page 168
    1 more example

    U.S. Sen. Angus King previously said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the officer opened fire after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against ICE agents in Biddeford, a coastal city roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland.

    2026 July 13, Patrick Whittle, Leah Willingham, Jack Brook, “ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was ‘fearing for public safety,’ agency says”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2026
  2. A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).
  3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  6. rail transportA nickname for the 0-8-8-0 locomotive configuration.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounblack hornless breed from Scotland

Broader
beefbeef cattle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicAonghas
  2. EnglishAngus

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

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Translations

Irish Aonghas, Aonghus
  • Aonghasmale given name
  • Aonghusmale given name
Polish Angus
  • Angusmale given name
Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, Aonghus
  • Aonghasmale given name
  • Aonghusmale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

angus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angus

MLA

“angus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angus.

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