May Day
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.
Origin of May Day
1Other definitions for Mayday (2 of 2)
the international radiotelephone distress signal, used by ships and aircraft.
Origin of Mayday
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How to use May Day in a sentence
These my May-day reveries have begun lightly, and ended, as May-days themselves have done, in sad thoughts.
Small Means and Great Ends | Edited by Mrs. M. H. AdamsThose four fatal May-days were filled as full of brave deeds as any days of the Civil War.
Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers | Samuel ScovilleWho that was present does not think with joyous emotion of those Munich May-days of 1868?
Life of Wagner | Louis Nohl
British Dictionary definitions for Mayday (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmeɪˌdeɪ) /
the international radiotelephone distress signal
Origin of Mayday
1British Dictionary definitions for May Day (2 of 2)
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
(as modifier): May-Day celebrations
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