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MacDonald, Flora
(Flora Mac¦Donald)
Pronunciation:
/məkˈdɒn(ə)ld/
(
1722–90
)
, Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward Stuart’s escape from English pursuit, after his defeat at Culloden, by smuggling him from Benbecula to Skye in a small boat, disguised as her maid.
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