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Noun: McCarthy  mu'kaa(r)-thee
  1. United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)
    - Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy
     
  2. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
    - Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy

Type of: author, pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal], writer

Encyclopedia: McCarthy, Mary Therese