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Mayday   /mˈeɪdeɪ/   Listen
Mayday

noun
1.
An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).





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... or morris dance was probably of Spanish (or Moorish, as the name implies) origin, but after its introduction into England it became blended with the Mayday games. A full historical account of it is given in Douce's Illustrations of Shakespeare. The characters in it in early times were the following: "Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian (Robin's mistress and the queen or lady of the ...
— The Lady of the Lake • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Mayday" :   distress call, distress signal


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