Maid Marian
Americannoun
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one of the characters in the old morris dance and May Day festivities; May queen.
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Robin Hood's sweetheart.
noun
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a character in morris dancing, played by a man dressed as a woman
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legend the sweetheart of Robin Hood
Example Sentences
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As Robin you have an arsenal of high-tech arrows, and you can invite three friends to the fray: metal-fisted brawler Little John, speedy assassin Maid Marian and mace-wielding healer Friar Tuck.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023
Nurse Gertie Glucose - a midwife who looks after a young Maid Marian - is The Cresset Theatre's pantomime dame and was my panto highlight, mostly because her sass levels were a solid 11/10.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2018
Maid Marian is also a member of the nobility – in Prince of Thieves she is King Richard’s cousin.
From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2018
The Adventures of Robin Hood Errol Flynn stars in this 1938 swashbuckling adventure as the dashing take-from-the-rich-give-to-the-poor hero of Sherwood Forest with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2018
“Under the greenwood tree,” sang Maid Marian, “Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird’s throat.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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