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May Queen

May Queen noun: a girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.

Noun (1)

May Queen (plural May Queens)

  1. A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.
    • [H]e saw—he saw clearly—the image of the lovely May Queen in her glimmering dress of shining white with the little gilt crown on her long brown hair.1915, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 12, in The Measure of a Man
    • At Ickwell Green, in Bedfordshire, there is a permanent maypole. There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 263

Noun (2) capitalized: May queen

May queen (plural May queens)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of May Queen.

Forms of May Queen

pluralMay Queens
alternative formqueen of May
alternative formqueen of the May
pluralMay queens

Questions about May Queen

What does May Queen mean?
May Queen means a girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.
What part of speech is May Queen?
May Queen is a noun.
What is the plural of May Queen?
The plural of May Queen is May Queens.

Words near May Queen in the dictionary

  1. May long weekends
  2. May Lord
  3. May Lords
  4. may of
  5. May Pen
  6. May Queen
  7. May Queens
  8. May rose
  9. May roses
  10. may the 4th be with you
  11. may the force be with you

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