Why and what significance James Alexander McKenzie Fraser was called McDubh?
Did I miss any portion of Outlander that might explain why Jamie Fraser was called McDubh?
Is there any significance to being called "McDubh"?
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I'd lost track of his myriad names across the years, so I had to look this one up.
From IndieWire - ‘Outlander’: Jamie Fraser’s Many Aliases From The Dunbonnet to Mac Dubh, Explained
Mac Dubh
The show first introduces this name in Season 3, Episode 3, “All Debts Paid” when Jamie is in prison. It’s a name that reveals how well the other prisoners know him and mixes a nickname, lineage, and Gaelic all in one. Jamie’s father’s name was Brian (hence, why Claire names their daughter Brianna), and was known as Black Brian. Therefore, that makes Jamie the son of the Black One, or in Gaelic, Mac Dubh.
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Why do they call Jamie Mcdubh?
Translated, \u201cMac Dubh\u201d means \u201cThe Black One\u201d in reference to Jamie's father, Brian, who was often referred to as \u201cBlack Brian\u201d for his jet-black hair. The \u201cMac\u201d refers to Jamie's mother's side of his lineage, the Mackenzies (a tie that plays a large part in Jamie's story throughout Outlander's early seasons).What is a Dunbonnet mean?
Local people took to calling him Bonaid Odhair (or Dun Bonnet), a nickname meaning 'coloured hat'. So that they could talk of him without alerting the troops to his whereabouts.What does MacDo mean?
Noun. MacDo m (plural MacDos) (slang) McDonald's, Mickey D's, Macca's. (metonymically, food) fast food.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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