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Definition of May day
1. Noun. Observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor.
Definition of May day
1. Noun. The first day of May, the traditional day for pagan fertility rites. ¹
2. Noun. The first day of May, a spring festival, a celebration of the beginning of the spring. ¹
3. Noun. The first day of May, a world-wide workers' holiday. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of May Day
Literary usage of May day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"May i, T., wheras on every May-day morning about 4 of the clock, the choristers
and clerks of Magd. Coll. used to sing on their Tower (which hath been ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The early English consecrated May-day to Robin Hood and the Maid Marian, ...
Evil May-day (1517), when the London apprentices rose up against the foreign ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Even our kings sometimes took part in may day festivities, eg, Henry VIII.
and Queen Catherine of Arragon went from the palace at Greenwich to the highlands ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"may day may day programs. CD Mackay. Playground 12:436-40 Ja '19 Triumph of
spring: a May-day masque. LH Harris. English J 5:181-9 Mr '10 Mayas ..."
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