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May Queen
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May queen
English
Alternative forms
en queen of May queen of the May
Noun
May Queen
A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.
en 1915 w:Amelia E. Barr The Measure of a Man 12 [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.
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 263 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.
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