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O', O, n.2
The Irish word ó, ua, OIr. au, ‘descendant’, used as a prefix of Irish patronymic surnames, as O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Neil. Hence, a person whose surname begins with O', a member of an ancient Irish family.
1730Fielding Tom Thumb i. iii, Ireland her O's, her Mac's let Scotland boast. 1887P. Gillmore Hunter's Arcadia, An Irishman who claims his direct descent from Finn McCoul, or some king whose name begins with an ‘O’ or ‘Mc’.
See also o, obs. f. oy n. Sc., grandchild, nephew. |