Magnaʹno.

One of the leaders of the rabble that attacked Hudibras at a bear-baiting. The character is a satire on Simeon Wait, a tinker and Independent preacher. (Hudibras, pt. i. 2.) He calls Cromwell the “archangel who did battle with the devil.”

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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.

Maggot, Maggoty
Magi (The)
Magic Garters
Magic Rings
Magic Wand
Magician
Magliabecchi
Magna Charta
Magnalia Christi
Magnanimous (The)
Magnano
Magnet
Magnetic Mountain
Magneuse (French)
Magnificat
Magnificent (The)
Magnifique … Guerre
Magnolia
Magnum Opus
Magnum of Port (A)
Magnus Apollo (My)