Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel list of (2 Samuel 23:1) ... the name appears, with other variations, as “the Maachathite.” ver. (2 Samuel 23:34)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
MECH'ERATHITE, THE, the designation of one of David's warriors, 1 Chr 11:36; elsewhere called the Maachathite, probably with reference to some locality.