May Queen

See also: May queen

English

Alternative forms

• queen of the May

Noun

May Queen (plural May Queens)

1. A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.
   • 1915, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 12, in The Measure of a Man:

     [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.

References

• “May Queen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.