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Macbeth.

A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/məkˈbɛθ/
  1. A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.

  2. The title character of said play.

  3. An 11th-century king of Scotland.

  4. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Anglicization of Middle Irish Mac Bethad, equivalent to the modern mac (“son of”) bheatha (“life”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.