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• standish
  standish

  noun

  a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.
• Standish
  Standish

  noun

  Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

standish

¹ American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

Archaic.

1. a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.

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Standish ² American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

1. Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

2. Myles or Miles c1584–1656, American settler, born in England: military leader in Plymouth Colony.

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Standish ¹ British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. Myles (or Miles ). ?1584–1656, English military leader of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, New England

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standish ² British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. a stand, usually of metal, for pens, ink bottles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of standish

1425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain; perhaps stand + dish

Example Sentences

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James, even by the confession of his bitter satirist, Francis Osborne, "dedicated rainy weather to his standish, and fair to his hounds."

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

He nodded dismissal, wheeled his chair around to the table, dipped a pen in the standish, and pulled an account-book toward him.

From At Last by Harland, Marion

There was an old standish on the mantelshelf containing a dusty apology for all three.

From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Dickens, Charles

He prays in his household night and morning, and never went abroad, though but for one night, but he took his write-book, standish, and English New Bible, and Newman's Concordance with him.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

After she had been reading, perhaps an hour, she dipped a pen into the standish on her escritoir, and began to write slowly, as if weighing every word as it dropped from her pen.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

The bus was carrying some pupils from Wood Fold Primary School, in Standish, Wigan, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

The firm’s sole female partner, Close’s Dina Standish, blesses their exit, encouraging them to take Nash-Betts’ lead investigator, Emerald Greene, with them.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

But the strategies behind running a successful bricks-and-mortar store are shifting, Standish said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

Most large players are now in private equity hands, such as Bermuda-based Apex Group and U.S.-based Gen II, making sizeable independent companies like Standish scarce.

From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023

Enough have volunteered; Captain Standish has made up his company.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames