Lord of Misrule
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lord of Misrule
First recorded in 1490–1500
Example Sentences
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Simon Callow narrates Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule, a look at the career of the late comic, while Mrs Brown's Boys returns for a two-part special.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2014
He became known as the King of the Bean because of how he was chosen and also as the Lord of Misrule due to the mayhem that occurred while he presided over Carnival.
From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2014
Jaimy Gordon's "Lord of Misrule" is a horse-and-human story set at a small-town West Virginia track in 1970.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011
And Lord of Misrule is the name of “a shiny black beetle of a horse” who arrives in this book’s last lap, just in time to serve as deus ex machina for a dramatic finale.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010
This done, the Lord of Misrule addresseth himself to the Banquet: which ended with some Minstralsye, mirth and dancing, every man departeth to rest.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.
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