Chapter MacFlecknoe to Macrobii of M by Brewer's Readers Handbook

MacLouis, captain of the king’s guard.—Sir W. Scott: Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).

Maclure (Elizabeth), an old widow and a covenanter.—Sir W. Scott: Old Mortality (time, Charles II.).

MacMorlan (Mr.), deputy-sheriff, and guardian to Lucy Bertram.

Mrs. M’Morlan, his wife.—Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering (time, George II.).

MacMurrough, “Nan Fonn,” the family bard at Glennaquoich to Fergus M’Ivor.—Sir W. Scott: Waverley (time, George II.).

Macoma, a good and wise genius, who protects the prudent and pious against the wiles of all evil genii.—Sir C. Morell [J. Ridley]: Tales of the Genii (“The Enchanter’s Tale,” vi., 1751).

Macon, same as Mahoun, that is, Mahomet. Mecca, the birthplace of Mahomet, is sometimes called Macon in poetry.

“Praisêd,” quoth he, “be Macon, whom we serve.”
   —Fairfax.

MacPhadraick (Miles), a Highland officer under Barcaldine or captain Campbell.—Sir W. Scott: The Highland Widow (time, George II.).

Macraw (Francie), an old domestic at the earl of Glenallan’s.—Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary (time, George III.).

Macready (Pate), a pedlar, the friend of Andrew Fairservice gardener at Osbaldistone Hall.—Sir W. Scott: Rob Roy (time, George I.).

Macreons, the British. Great Britain is the “Island of the Macreons.” The word is a Greek compound, meaning “long-lived,” “because no one is put to death there for his religious opinions.” Rabelais says the island “is full of antique ruins and relics of popery and ancient superstitions.”—Rabelais: Pantagruel (1545).

Rabelais describes the persecutions which the Reformers met with as a storm at sea, in which Pantagruel and his fleet were tempest-tossed.

Macrobii [“the long-lived”], an Ethiopian race, said to live to 120 years and upwards. They are the handsomest and tallest of all men, as well as the longest-lived.