may queen
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.
noun
Alternative form of May Queen.
Example Sentences
- "[H]e saw—he saw clearly—the image of the lovely May Queen in her glimmering dress of shining white with the little gilt crown on her long brown hair."
- "At Ickwell Green, in Bedfordshire, there is a permanent maypole. There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms."