Pilgrim Fathers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“You have to be somewhere near the tracks of the Pilgrim Fathers to get much meaning out of Thanksgiving.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2023
The Pilgrim Fathers who dominate our memory were a tiny unrepresentative minority.
From Time • Nov. 26, 2014
A replica of the vessel already exists in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Pilgrim Fathers set up the Plymouth plantation colony.
From BBC • May 1, 2013
The rival claim has done little to dent the myth that the first Thanksgiving honors belong to the Pilgrim Fathers and the Wampanoag tribe.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2012
"Say," said Bill, "do you know that gang of Pilgrim Fathers have cornered the dining-car until half past three this afternoon?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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