| 单词 | summer lady |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer lady summer lady n. (also with capital initials) now historical a girl or young woman chosen to preside over games and other revelry held in the summer, esp. at midsummer (cf. summer game n. 1); chiefly in summer lord and lady and variants; cf. summer lord n., May Queen n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > at summer game summer queenc1540 summer lady1571 summer lord1571 1571 E. Grindal Iniunctions Prouince of Yorke §19. sig. C.iij That the Minister & churchwardens shall not suffer any Lordes of misrule, or Sommer Lordes, or Ladies..to come vnreuerently into any Church, or Chappell. 1635 J. Jones Adrasta iv. 52 Strew the bankes On which the Summer Lord and Lady sit To see the sports, with these rich spoyls of May. 1959 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 58 689 His comparison of Oberon to the May King and Titania to the Summer Lady..nicely illuminates the interactions of narratives, themes,..and moods of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1991 Renaissance & Reformation 15 293 The festivities were often presided over by a Lord and Lady of the festival sometimes called summer lords and ladies. < as lemmas |
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