name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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Standard Lemma guide
Machin
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/ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 CH IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
China.
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Usage: India, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of a British series of definitive stamps designed by Arnold Machin, first issued in 1967 and featuring a side view portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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History
Etymology
From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.
From Maha-China ("Great China"), with same first component as in maharaja.