Pilgrims

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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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Pilgrims

While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Tributes have been paid to the two girls by their schools and Pilgrims Pre-Prep School head Jo Webster described Nala as a "ray of sunshine".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Pilgrims from Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia, to mention some, were moving to and from die dormitory where I was being taken.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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