May-lady
May-lady noun: a May Queen.
Noun
May-lady (plural May-ladies)
- 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
- Some light huswife belike, that was dressed like a may lady, and as most of our gentlewomen are., III.2.2.iii
Forms of May-lady
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Questions about May-lady
- What does May-lady mean?
- May-lady means a May Queen.
- What part of speech is May-lady?
- May-lady is a noun.
- What is the plural of May-lady?
- The plural of May-lady is May-ladies.
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