MacTaggart

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| name = MacTaggart

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| meaning = "son of the priest"

| region = Scotland, Ulster

| language = Gaelic

| variant = Taggart, McTaggart

| family = Clan Ross

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| footnotes = Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart){{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/mctaggart |title=MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 21 January 2014

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MacTaggart is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest""Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" ([http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Taggart-family-history.ashx Taggart family history).] Also having the forms McTaggart and Taggart.