maidmarian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Maid`ma"ri*an noun

Etymology

Maid + Marian, relating to Mary, or the Virgin Mary.

Definitions

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.