Protospathaire (The), or general of Alexius Comnēnus, emperor of Greece. His name is Nicanor.—Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).
Proud (The). Tarquin II. of Rome, was called Superbus (reigned B.C. 535-510, died 496).
Otho IV., kaiser of Germany, was called “The Proud” (1175, 1209-1218).
Proud Duke (The), Charles Seymour, duke of Somerset. His children were not allowed to sit in his presence; and he spoke to his servants by signs only (*-1748).
Proudfute (Oliver), the boasting bonnet-maker at Perth.
Magdalen or Maudie Proudfute, Oliver’s widow.—Sir W. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).
Proudie (Dr.), hen-pecked bishop of Barchester. A martinet in his diocese, a serf in his home.
Proudie (Mrs.), strong-willed, strong-voiced help-mate of the bishop. She lays down social, moral, religious and ecclesiastical laws with equal readiness and severity.—Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage and Barchester Towers.
Prout (Father), the pseudonym of Francis Mahoney, a humorous writer in Fraser’s Magazine, etc. (1805-1866).
Provis, the name assumed by Abel Magwitch, Pip’s benefactor. He was a convict, who had made a fortune, and whose chief desire was to make his protegé a gentleman.—C. Dickens, Great Expectations (1860).