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Meaning of May-lady | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A May Queen.

archaic, historical

Examples

“The jolly Satyres, full of fresh delight, / Came dauncing forth, and with them nimbly ledd / Faire Hellenore with girlonds all bespredd, / Whom their May-lady they had newly made […].”

“Some light huswife belike, that was dressed like a may lady, and as most of our gentlewomen are.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

may-pole May-September romance May-Thurner syndrome May-White syndrome may't may've