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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Nottinghamshire Police warned of closures in Hounds Gate, Maid Marian Way, Standard Hill and Lenton Road in a statement on social media on Saturday morning.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
She was otherwise known as Errol Flynn’s co-star in a series of dramas, Westerns and period pieces, most memorably as Maid Marian in “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2020
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
This gender-scrambling romp by Adam Szymkowicz starts with the premise that the Robin Hood of legend is really Maid Marian, donning a male disguise to breach ye olde chauvinistic norms of 1190s England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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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