May Day Definition

noun
May 1, observed in the United States, Canada, and parts of Western Europe in celebration of the coming of spring.
American Heritage
May 1: as a traditional spring festival, often celebrated by dancing around a maypole, crowning a May queen, etc.; as a more recent international labor holiday, observed in many countries by parades, demonstrations, etc.
Webster's New World

The first day of May, the traditional day for pagan fertility rites.

Wiktionary
The first day of May, a world-wide workers' holiday.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • May 1
  • First of May

Other Word Forms of May Day

Noun

Singular:
May Day
Plural:
may-days

May Day Sentence Examples

  • May-day revels are still kept up here and attract large crowds from the neighbourhood.

  • The market is still held on Wednesdays, and in 1792 the Michaelmas fair and another on May-day were in existence.

  • These rites recall our May day observance, and give colour to the earthgoddess theory.

  • The first prize offered was won by Christian Braumann Tullin (1728-1765) for his beautiful poem of May-day.

  • The main highlight of the local social calender is the May Day duck race.

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