Definition of Macaulay

1. Noun. English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859).


Definition of Macaulay

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Scottish Gaelic dot=) of Gaelic origin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macaulay

Macadamia integrifolia
Macadamia ternifolia
Macadamia tetraphylla
Macaddict
Macaddicts
Macanese
Macao
Macao monetary unit
Macapá
Macarena
Macarenas
Macaronesia
Macaronesian
Macau
Macaulay
Macaulayan
Macaulayism
Macbeth
Macbethian
Macc.
Macca
Maccabean
Maccabee
Maccabees
Maccas
Macchiavello's stain
Maccy D's
Macdonald polynomial
Macdonald polynomials

Literary usage of Macaulay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1910)
"macaulay: THEN AND NOW T will be fifty years next December since Ma- ... Edward Everett told macaulay that no book except the Bible had ever had such a sale ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"Your correspondent asks if the author of the article was macaulay. I do not know if my opinion on the subject is worth anything, but on reading it through, ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1859)
"Among the numerous letters of Hannah More included in that work are several addressed to Zachary Macau lay, the father of Lord macaulay ; but the two ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"The biography of Lord macaulay belongs rather to the history of Literature than to that of Natural Philosophy : he takes his proper place among the ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"LORD macaulay was pre-eminently a fortunate man ; and his good fortune has survived ... We all recognized in macaulay a lover of truth and political honour. ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Class J ll:55--3 Je '16 macaulay, Charles PR '17 Song; poem. ... macaulay, 1st baron macaulay's criticism of democracy and Gar- field's reply. C: H. Betts. ..."

7. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the by William Joseph Long (1909)
"In 185 7 his great ability and services to his country were recognized by his being raised to the peerage with the title of Baron macaulay of Rothley. ..."

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