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Mardi Gras definition

☆ Mardi Gras (mär′dē grä′)

  1. Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent: it is a day of merrymaking and carnival, as in New Orleans, often marking the climax of a carnival period
  2. carnival (sense )

Etymology: Fr, lit., fat Tuesday

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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