Meanings
macon1
plural macons
- hobbiesA type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
macon2
Macon3
Macon4
- A surname.
- A city, the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia, United States, with which it is now consolidated as Macon-Bibb County.
Revis, who moved to Macon two-and-a half years ago to work on the park effort, noted that after the Muscogee (Creek) were removed to Oklahoma, the site became a slave plantation.
2024 June 23, Marnie Hunter, “How the Southern city of Macon went from ‘ghost town’ to ‘popping’ destination”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Aug 20241 more example
Virginia Sharp, owner of Daemarii’s Unique Boutique in Macon, Georgia, was one of them. But instead of surrendering to the circumstances, she came up with an innovative way to reach customers.
2020 August 16, Alaa Elassar, “A small boutique survived the coronavirus pandemic by live streaming fashion shows on Facebook”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026 - A city, the county seat of Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
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Origin
macon · noun
- FrenchMâcon
- Englishmacon
Named after French Mâcon, due to the West German team's highly successful performance at the 1959 European Rowing Championships which took place there; attributed in part to their use of macon blades.
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- Gaulishmatus“bear”
- Medieval LatinMasconis
- FrenchMâcon
- EnglishMacon
An anglicized form of French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
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Cite this entry
macon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macon
“macon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macon.
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