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May Lords

May Lords is the plural of May Lord.

Meaning of May Lord

Noun

May Lord (plural May Lords)

  1. a young man chosen to preside over the May Day celebrations
    • […] Cerdicus ſo denominated, who was the firſt maylord or captaine of the morris daunce that on thoſe embenched ſhelues ſtampt his footing, where cods & dogfiſh ſwomme [(]not a warp of weeks forerunning) & til he had giuen the onſet, they balkt thẽ as quickſands.1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 9

Questions about May Lords

What is May Lords the plural of?
May Lords is the plural of May Lord.

Words near May Lords in the dictionary

  1. May Laws
  2. May lily
  3. May long weekend
  4. May long weekends
  5. May Lord
  6. May Lords
  7. may of
  8. May Pen
  9. May Queen
  10. May Queens
  11. May rose

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