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
Patty came next, and surely a fairer May queen never went to her coronation.
From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn
Alice, a bright-eyed, merry child, was chosen May queen, and, being afraid she might oversleep herself, told her mother to be sure to call her early.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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 MacCulloch, J. A.
He shall love you better than he loves the May queen.
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
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