Coxcomb (The Prince of) Charles Joseph Prince de Ligne (1535-1614).
Richard II. of England (1366, 1377-1400).
Henri III, of France, Le Mignon (1551, 1574-1589).
Coxe (Captain), one of the masques at Kenilworth.—Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).
Coy Bishop. Best friend and unconscious foil to Avis Dobell in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' Story of Avis. "Her face is as innocent of sarcasm as a mocking bird's;" she "is one of the immortal few who can look pretty in their crimping-pins;" she "has the glibness of most unaccentuated natures;" she admires Avis without comprehending her, and she makes an excellent wife to John Rose, a practical young clergyman. (1877).
Crabshaw (Timothy), the servant of Sir Launcelot Greaves's squire.—Smollett, Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1760).
Crab´tree, in Smollett's novel called The Adventures of Peregine Pickle (1751).
Crab´tree, uncle of Sir Harry Bumber, in Sheridan's comedy, The School for Scandal (1777).
Crab´tree, a gardener at Fairport.—Sir W. Scott, The Antiquary (time George III.).
Crac (M. de), the French Baron Munchausen; hero of a French operetta.