Pilgrims

Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Pilgrims come from across Mexico, arriving on foot, motorcycle, bicycle, bus and even wheelchair.

From Los Angeles Times

Thanksgiving is thought to be modeled on a 1621 harvest meal between the Wampanoag people and English colonists known as Pilgrims.

From Barron's

Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving for more than 400 years, beginning in 1621 when the Pilgrims and Wampanoag came together for their famous feast.

From The Wall Street Journal

For more than 450 years La Trinité, filled not only with immense treasure but also artifacts of a New World settlement fifty-five years before the Pilgrims, was the continual object of intense search.

From Literature

“I’ll save my burning anger for you Pilgrims for next year,” my brain would tell itself as it switched over to Black Friday.

From Salon