Mardi gras: alternatives and connections

Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician o…

One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some…

Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.

A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.

To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.

Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hi…

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in t…

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound them…

The merrymaking of May Day.

The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court…

In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Eur…