May queen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Social life, whether it was the crowning of a May queen, the eulogy to a dead president, or an all-night dance, could be held nowhere else.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Festivities of various sorts were held on this early playground, always a May day celebration with its Maypole dance and its May queen.
From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Jane Addams
A picnic was planned to Dover's Grove, and the romantic little girls had insisted upon a May queen, and Lucy was unanimously elected.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
But the persistent place given to the May queen rather than to the king suggests the earlier prominence of women and of female spirits of fertility or of a great Mother-goddess in such rites.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
The cisterns were empty and the garden stood glistening in the afternoon sun like a May queen drenched in tears; but the lovely spot was saved.
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
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