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Mahounʹ (2 syl.)

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Name of contempt for Mahomet, a Moslem, a Moor. In Scotland it used to mean devil.

“There’s the son of the renegade—spawn of Mahoun (son of the Moorish princess).”—Vengeance of Mudarra.

 

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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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Maguelone or Magalona (the fair)
Magus
Mah-abadean Dynasty (The)
Mahabharata
Mahadi or Hakem
Mahâtmas
Mahdi (The)
Mahmoud of Ghizni
Mahmut
Mahomet or Mohammed
Mahoun
Mahound
Mahu
Maid Marian
Maid of Athens
Maid of Norway
Maid of Orleans
Maid of Perth (Fair)
Maid of Saragossa
Maiden
Maiden Assize (A)

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Mahoun