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Macon

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Mahomet, Mahoun, or Mahound.

“Praised (quoth he) be Macon whom we serve.”


Fairfax: Tasso, xii. 10.

Macon. A poetical and romance name of Mecca, the birthplace of Mahomet.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Macklin
Macmillanites
Macsycophant (Sir Pertinax)
Mace
Macedon is not Worthy of Thee
Macedonian (The)
Macedonian Madman (The)
Macedonians
Macedonicus
Mackerel Sky (A)
Macon
Macreons
Macrocosm (Greek, the great world)
Mad as a March Hare
Mad Cavalier (The)
Mad Parliament (The)
Mad Poet (The)
Mad as a Hatter
Madame
Mademoiselle
Madge

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