morris dancern.
/ˈmɒrɪs ˌdɑːnsə/, /ˈmɒrɪs ˌdansə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəs ˌdænsər/, /ˈmɑrəs ˌdænsər/ 1. A person who takes part in a morris dance.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] > morris-dancer
morris dancer1448
Moriscoa1616
morricer1810
Molly dancer1881
1448 (?1449) Goldsmiths' Company Wardens' Acc. & Court Minutes, May (MS 1520 18) in Folk Music Jrnl. (2004) 8 514/1 Item to the Moryssh. daunsers vij s.
1507 in E. B. Jupp Acct. Company of Carpenters (1887) 200 Itm payd to ye morys daunsers viijd.
1532 in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (1965) V. 739 A gold salt, called the Moresdaunce, with 5 Moresdauncers and a tabrett.
a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 82 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) They should bee Morris dancers by their gingle.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 224 A Morrice-dancer drest with Bells.
1746 in C. Haskins Anc. Trade Guilds Salisbury (1912) xii. 203 It is agreed that the Giant, Hobnob and Morris Dancers be made use of, on the next general thanksgiving day.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xv. 114 At a genteel house,..a set of morrice-dancers..were performing for the entertainment of the family.
1835 W. Irving Newstead Abbey in Crayon Misc. II. 129 Morrice dancers, gaily dressed up with ribands and hawks'-bells.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vi. vi. 268 All the year is May for the morris-dancers.
1912 C. J. Sharp & H. MacIlwaine Morris Bk. (ed. 2) i. 29 The man-woman..sometimes accompanied the Morris dancers, and was known as the Moll; in later and more sophisticated days, Maid Marian.
1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 47 Maybe Dad will appear..outside the window dressed as a Morris dancer, crash in and start hitting Mum over the head with a sheep's bladder.
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the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis
dancing-goats1563
petty dancers1635
streaming1694
north-light1706
aurora borealis1717
dancersc1717
northern morning1717
northern lights1722
aurora septentrionalis1728
northern dawn1728
northern light1728
morris dancers1735
streamers1735
north-shine1738
fire-flaught1787
boreal dawn1805
northern morn1822
firelights1845
1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 2 In the evening..we saw those Appearances in the Sky called Capræ saltantes, by the sailors Morrice-Dancers;..Streams of Light that suddenly shoot into one another.
1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. 4 In England..the north light..is..called Morrice-dancers, Merry dancers, and streamers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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