Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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Variant of McComb, anglicised from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.

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Examples

  • HONG KONG— Mark McCombe , the chief executive of HSBC Holdings PLC's Hong Kong unit, is leaving the U.K. lender after 24 years to head investment firm BlackRock Inc.'s Asian operations, and will be replaced by an official who has been driving the bank's growing yuan business.

    HSBC Loses Its Hong Kong Chief Fiona Law 2011

  • HSBC said Friday it has named Anita Fung , currently group general manager at its Asian arm, to succeed Mr. McCombe as chief executive of HSBC Hong Kong, with effect from Sept. 12.

    HSBC Loses Its Hong Kong Chief Fiona Law 2011

  • Before taking on his role in Hong Kong, Mr. McCombe was chief executive of HSBC Global Asset Management, based in the U.K.

    HSBC Loses Its Hong Kong Chief Fiona Law 2011

  • Mr. McCombe, who joined HSBC in 1987, will be BlackRock's Asia-Pacific chairman, replacing Rohit Bhagat , the U.S. company said in a separate statement Friday.

    HSBC Loses Its Hong Kong Chief Fiona Law 2011

  • BA will argue at the hearing in front of Lord Justice McCombe that Unite did not, as required under the 1992 Trade Union Act, ensure that members were told of the result as soon as possible.

    British Airways set for strike talks and court challenge transport correspondent 2010

  • Copyright © Leonard McCombe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 38, 39, 48

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • In 1866 he went to McCombe and learned the barber's trade.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

  • Elder J.B. Fields, a colored Baptist preacher, residing at McCombe, delivered a remarkable address at the Methodist Episcopal church here last Sunday afternoon.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

  • In 1875 he was the means of getting up a church for colored people in McCombe, and was chosen their pastor.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

  • He was converted in Quincy before he went to McCombe, and joined the Baptist church.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

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