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.
—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.