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Galgacus Surname Definition:

GALGACUS: The leader of the Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius. See under Calgacus.

Galgacus Surname Meaning

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GALGACUS: The leader of the Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius. See under Calgacus.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

GALGACHUS: In the chronicle of the kings of Scotland Galgachus is called Galdus, of which name and its etymology Gardon gives the following account:

Galgachus was Latinized by the Romans, from the Highland appellations Gald and cachach; the first, Gald, being the proper name, and the second, cachach, being an adjection to it from the battles he had fought; it signifies the same as prœliosus; Gald the fighter of battles, which kind of nicknames are still in use among the Highlanders. Colgach, Gaelic, fierce, furious, and ach, battle, skirmish.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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