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May Day

noun

  1. the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, as the crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and, in recent years, often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations.

May Day

noun

    1. the first day of May, traditionally a celebration of the coming of spring: in some countries now observed as a holiday in honour of workers
    2. ( as modifier )

      May-Day celebrations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of May Day1

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English
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