The Collaborative International Dictionary
Macartney
Macartney \Ma*cart"ney\, n. [From Lord Macartney.] (Zo["o]l.) A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
Usage examples of "macartney".
Lord Macartney refused to perform their ritual of obeisance before the Emperor, the kowtow, and they took offense.
Macartney, the English ambassador, a young man of parts and fond of pleasure.
The day after, I dined with an Irishman named Macartney, a physician of the old school, who bored me terribly.
A young officer of the guards named Zinowieff, a relation of the Orloffs, whom I had met at Melissino's, introduced me to Macartney, the English ambassador, a young man of parts and fond of pleasure.