May Day

noun

the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, as the crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and, in recent years, often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations.

Origin of May Day

Middle English word dating back to 1225–75

Example sentences from the Web for may day

We must not let these old-fashioned customs be forgotten, and I want to tell you the story of May-day.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. |Various
It is, of course—I merely had to shove that aside (without regrets) for the sake of May-day.

The Trial of Callista Blake |Edgar Pangborn
A curious tale is told of the beginning of the May-day celebration, which is of more venerable age than perhaps you know.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. |Various
The May-day morris-dancers, like the Christmas mummers, performed sword-dances and sang appropriate doggerels in costume.

Miscellanea |Juliana Horatia Ewing

There is at Oxford a May-day ceremony which has a special claim upon our respect and veneration, for nearly four centuries.

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present |John Timbs

British Dictionary definitions for may day

May Day

noun

the first day of May, traditionally a celebration of the coming of spring: in some countries now observed as a holiday in honour of workers
(as modifier)May-Day celebrations

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