I. Mac ‧ don ‧ ald, Flora /məkˈdɒn ə ld $ -ˈdɑː-/ BrE AmE
(1722–90) a Scottish woman who helped ↑ Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape from Scotland after the Battle of ↑ Culloden by making him dress in women's clothes and pretend to be her
II. Macdonald, Ramsey BrE AmE
(1866–1937) a British politician in the Labour Party, who became the first Labour Prime Minister in 1924. He was later Prime Minister of a ‘National Government’ (=a government formed from members of all the political parties) during the period of economic difficulty and high unemployment of the 1930s.
III. Macdonald, Ross BrE AmE
(1915–83) a US writer of crime stories, whose real name was Kenneth Millar. The main character in his books is the ↑ private detective , Lew Archer.