Pilgrims
A group of English Puritans, persecuted in their own country, who emigrated to America. The first group arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. They landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, and established the Plymouth Colony, with the Mayflower Compact as their constitution. William Bradford and Miles Standish were noted leaders of the colony.
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pilgrim, pilgrimage, Pilgrimage of Grace, pilgrim bottle, Pilgrim Fathers, Pilgrims, Pilgrim's Progress, pili, piliferous, piliform, pilikia
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