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
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
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
The role of Maid Marian in the production eventually went to Cate Blanchett.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2015
They had hardly crept for twenty minutes when Maid Marian paused in her tracks.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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