: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
Examples of mermaid in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAvailable in 15 styles, including unicorns, dinosaurs, mermaids, and whales, these shoes have a heel tab to help kiddos get them on all by themselves.—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 6 June 2024 The event will be full of fun and imagination, including bouncy castles, storytelling, unicorn petting corral, meeting a mermaid, photos with a princess, a 66-foot dragon slide, castle, obstacle course and more.—Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Denver Post, 4 June 2024 The song plays as guests in boats pass among 240 dolls of many nations with identical faces — tiny can-can and folk dancers, mermaids and mariachi bands — plus Big Ben, the Taj Mahal and grinning farm animals.—Anita Gates, New York Times, 26 May 2024 Gabrielle Union-Wade looked like a mermaid last night at the most iconic fashion event of the year, The Met Gala.—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for mermaid
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English mermayde, from mere sea (from Old English) + mayde maid — more at marine
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