May Lord

English

Noun

May Lord (plural May Lords)

1. a young man chosen to preside over the May Day celebrations
   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 9:

     […] Cerdicus ſo denominated, who was the firſt maylord or captaine of the morris daunce that on thoſe embenched ſhelues ſtampt his footing, where cods & dogfiſh ſwomme [(]not a warp of weeks forerunning) & til he had giuen the onſet, they balkt thẽ as quickſands.

Coordinate terms

• May Queen, May Lady, Maid Marian