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What does May mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word May? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
  2. The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
  3. A female given name, pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
  4. A surname​.
Name
  1. A female given name of Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the name Margaret and Mary. Margaret - A Pearl. Mary - Hebrew: Bitter, as in a bitterly wanted child. Latin: The star of the sea. Also named of the month.
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This gave Louis time to muster an army, and on 22 May 1216, he landed at Sandwich.
The move has come about as a result of a case brought by a prisoner in May who was forced to slop out in jail.
He reported that bitterns were beginning to practise their boom on the reserve again but would not find their full voice until April or May.
May I suggest contributions per net earnings or even contributions per employee?
Upon the coming into force of that Act on 25 May 1999 the portrait artists continued to be unlawful unlicensed street traders.
We have to build a united front of all the diverse social movements and march together on May Day.

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