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Definition of Standish
1. Noun. English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656).
Definition of Standish
1. n. A stand, or case, for pen and ink.
Definition of Standish
1. Noun. (dated) Any of several forms of inkstand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Standish
1. a receptacle for pens and ink [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standish
Literary usage of Standish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1851)
"I doe ordaine and make my dearly beloved wife Barbara Standish, Allexander
Standish, Myles Standish and Josias Standish joynt exequi- tors of this my last ..."
2. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1874)
"I. MILES Standish. IN the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the Pilgrims,
To and fro in a room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet ..."
3. American Biography by Jeremy Belknap (1846)
"John Standish, nephew to Henry, wrote a book against the translation of the ...
Near the same place is a quarry of mill stones.t The village of Standish, ..."
4. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and by John Burke (1838)
"JAMES Standish, of Duxbury, living G EDWARD IV. left by Alice, his wife, ... Mr.
Standish was slain at Manchester by the parliamentarians, ..."
5. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"Alexander Standish, eldest child of .Myles Standish and wife Barbara, received
under his father's will a full share of money, a double share of land, ..."
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