May Queen

plural May Queens · alternative queen of May · alternative queen of the May

1. A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.

   [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.

   1915, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 12, in The Measure of a Man

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   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.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 263

plural May queens

1. alternativeAlternative form of May Queen.