English Explanatory Dictionary

maypole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
  2. A very tall girl or young lady.
  3. A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
  4. A penis, especially a large one.
verb
  1. To dance or spin in a circle around something.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in England:
  3. A settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SV9211).
  4. A settlement near the village of Chelsfield, borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4963).
  5. A village in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5173).
  6. A settlement in Hoath parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2064).
  7. A settlement in Whitecastle community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4716).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

maypole maypoles may-pole maypoling maypoled

Etymology

Compound of May + pole, so called in reference to its use on May Day.

Derived words

mayhole maypole dancer maypoler
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