Meaning Of The Word Mardi Gras

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Mardi Gras
uncountable noun: Mardi Gras is the Christian festival of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, which people in some places celebrate by wearing colourful costumes and dancing through the streets.

Mardi Gras in American English
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
the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday

Mardi Gras in British English
noun: the festival of Shrove Tuesday, celebrated in some cities with great revelry

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