May Day

noun

1. 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.

May Day

noun

1. 1. 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
   2. ( as modifier )

      May-Day celebrations

Word History and Origins

Origin of May Day¹

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English

Example Sentences

During his career at the LAPD, Arcos was a lieutenant in the department’s elite Metropolitan Division, and was in command during May Day melee in 2007 in which police were accused of using excessive force to clear immigration rights demonstrators and journalists from MacArthur Park.

From Los Angeles Times

The protests were part of a larger May Day celebration, but the focus was on the government’s decision to raise the country’s retirement age.

From NewsForKids.net

Museum Pirna has played host to a May Day event in Pirna, just a few miles from the Czech border in Germany’s east, where people can celebrate cars emblematic of the communist era.

From New York Times

Moira: It’s ridiculous how that mountain, on a clear May day, looks like some Hollywood special effects team put it there.

From Seattle Times

Andre Reid with the Baldwin County Investigation Division told WALA-TV that about 1,000 people were attending a May Day party near Stockton when an altercation started and gunfire erupted.

From Seattle Times