Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Man of Blood

David is so called (2 Sam. xvi. 7).

The Puritans applied the term to Charles because he made war against his Parliament. Any man of violence.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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