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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Malcolm

Eldest son of Duncan, King of Scotland. He was called Can-More (Great-head), and succeeded Macbeth (1056). (Shakespeare: Macbeth.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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