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Webster 1913 Edition


Maidmarian

Maidˊma′ri-an

,
Noun.
[
Maid
+
Marian
, relating to
Mary
, or the Virgin
Mary
.]
1.
The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman’s clothes.
2.
A kind of dance.
Sir W. Temple.

Webster 1828 Edition


Maidmarian

MAIDMAR'IAN

,
Noun.
A dance; so called from a buffoon dressed like a man.

Definition 2024


maidmarian

maidmarian

English

Noun

maidmarian (plural maidmarians)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of dance.
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