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May-ladies

May-ladies is the plural of May-lady.

Meaning of May-lady

Noun

May-lady (plural May-ladies)

  1. (archaic, historical) A May Queen.
    • The jolly Satyres, full of fresh delight, / Came dauncing forth, and with them nimbly ledd / Faire Hellenore with girlonds all bespredd, / Whom their May-lady they had newly made […].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about May-ladies

What is May-ladies the plural of?
May-ladies is the plural of May-lady.

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