Mayflower
(italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
(lowercase) any of various plants that blossom in May as the hepatica or anemone in the U.S., and the hawthorn or cowslip in England.
(lowercase) the trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens: the state flower of Massachusetts.
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For all its training and preparation, though, the Mayflower 400 ended up falling a bit short of its goal.
An Autonomous Ship Used AI to Cross the Atlantic Without a Human Crew | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | June 23, 2022 | Singularity HubNearby, others waited to tour a replica of the Mayflower, the ship that carried the Pilgrims across the ocean.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. | Dana Hedgpeth | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostIn 1620, the English aboard the Mayflower made their way to Plymouth after making landfall in Provincetown.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. | Dana Hedgpeth | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostThe same ordeal played out across the continent in years that preceded and followed the Mayflower’s landing, though the Plymouth story—like all its analogues—was unique in its details.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower, an opportunity for reflection that has been swallowed up by the pandemic and division.
Native Americans are reshaping U.S. politics 400 years after the Mayflower | Ellen McGirt | November 26, 2020 | Fortune
They picked me up in the District, and I gave them a place to drop me off in the District—around the Mayflower Hotel.
It turned out that Titanic had a wife, Mrs. Alice Thomas, who had been living with him at the Mayflower Hotel.
Were the Christmas-hating Puritans on the Mayflower “Scrooges”?
Sarah Palin Is Here to Save Christmas, Thank God | Candida Moss | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Ghost Hawk, the “invaders from over the sea” are the English settlers on the Mayflower and later.
Loyalists included recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants alike.
Why the American Revolution's Loyalists Are True Patriots | Andrew Roberts | February 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
The colonists of Plymouth had formed their social compact in the cabin of the Mayflower.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington GreeneWhile Standish and his men were busy exploring, the Mayflower rode at anchor, and its inmates barely escaped a horrible death.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberHere they found friends waiting for them, and all ready to sail in the Mayflower.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberThe Mayflower boxed the compass, rounding the tip of the Cape and feeling her way in the circular harbor there.
William Bradford of Plymouth | Albert Hale Plumb
British Dictionary definitions for mayflower (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmeɪˌflaʊə) /
any of various plants that bloom in May
US and Canadian another name for trailing arbutus
British another name for hawthorn, cowslip, marsh marigold
British Dictionary definitions for Mayflower (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmeɪˌflaʊə) /
the Mayflower the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
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Cultural definitions for Mayflower
The ship that carried the Pilgrims to America. It made a permanent landing near Plymouth Rock in 1620, after the Pilgrims had agreed to the Mayflower Compact.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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