'Mardi Gras' definitions:
Definition of 'Mardi Gras'
(from WordNet)
noun
The last day before Lent [syn: Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day]
noun
A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans [syn: Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday]
Definition of 'Mardi gras'
From: GCIDE
- Mardi gras \Mar"di` gras"\, n. [F., literally, fat Tuesday.]
- 1. The last day of Carnival; the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent and fasting); Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking; in the United States it is especially associated with New Orleans.
- Syn: pancake day. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The series of festival events celebrated on {Mardi Gras}[1]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'Mardi Gras'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Advent,
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- banquet,
- blowout,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- carnival,
- Carnival,
- Christmas,
- Corpus Christi,
- do,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- fair,
- feast,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- Good Friday,
- great doings,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- high jinks,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- jamboree,
- kermis,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- party,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- picnic,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Saturnalia,
- Septuagesima,
- Shrove Tuesday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek