Definition of May queen

1. Noun. The girl chosen queen of a May Day festival.

Exact synonyms: Queen Of The May
Generic synonyms: Fille, Girl, Miss, Missy, Young Lady, Young Woman

Definition of May queen

1. Noun. A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of May Queen

May 24
May 35th
May Day
May Day sweep
May Day sweeps
May Days
May Queen
May apple
May apple root
May apples
May beetle
May blob
May blossom
May bug
May lily
May queen
May wine
May wines
Maya
Maya Lin
Mayaca
Mayacaceae
Mayaguez
Mayakovski
Mayan
Mayan language
Mayan pyramid
Mayan pyramids
Mayanist
Mayanists

Literary usage of May queen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"... FROM "THE may queen" You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear; To-morrow 'ill be the happiest time of all the glad New-year; ..."

2. The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George Putnam Upton (1887)
"A despondent lover enters and sings his melancholy plight as he reflects upon the fickleness of the may queen, interrupted at intervals by the merry shouts ..."

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