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Definition of Morris dancer
1. Noun. Someone who does a morris dance.
Definition of Morris dancer
1. Noun. One who morris dances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morris Dancer
Literary usage of Morris dancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1830)
"A most beautiful race came next, between Lord Sefton's Morris-dancer, 8st. ...
Robinson rode Morris-dancer particularly well; but was beat in the last two ..."
2. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now by Joseph Ritson, Joseph Frank, Thomas Bewick (1832)
"Will Kemp the player was a celebrated morris- dancer ; and in the Bodleian library
... On the title-page is a wooden-cut-figure of Kemp as a morris-dancer, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"He was head morris-dancer in his earlier years. ... From Henry Wells (aged 50,
labourer) of Bampton, now head morris-dancer, were got the costumes, ..."
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