May Lord

noun

a young man chosen to preside over the May Day celebrations

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Meanings

nounMay Lord (plural May Lords)

plural May Lords

  1. a young man chosen to preside over the May Day celebrations

    […] Cerdicus ſo denominated, who was the firſt maylord or captaine of the morris daunce that on thoſe embenched ſhelues ſtampt his footing, where cods & dogfiſh ſwomme [(]not a warp of weeks forerunning) & til he had giuen the onſet, they balkt thẽ as quickſands.

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 9
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