McClure

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UK/məˈklʊə(ɹ)/UK/məˈklɔː(ɹ)/US/məˈklʊəɹ/US/məˈklɝ/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir ← Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir →
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Meanings

proper nounMcClure (countable and uncountable, plural McClures)

plural McClures · alternative McLure

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Alexander County, Illinois.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Henry County, Ohio.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Giolla Uidhir“son of the dun lad”
  2. Scottish GaelicMac Gille Uidhir
  3. EnglishMcClure

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with McClure

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Cite this entry
APA

McClure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McClure

MLA

“McClure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McClure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McClure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McClure.

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