Plymouth
Americannoun
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a seaport in SW Devonshire, in SW England, on the English Channel: naval base; the departing point of the Mayflower 1620.
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a city in SE Massachusetts: the oldest town in New England, founded by the Pilgrims 1620.
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a town in SE Minnesota.
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a town in NW Connecticut.
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a town in and the capital of Montserrat, West Indies.
noun
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a port in SW England, in Plymouth unitary authority, SW Devon, on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel): Britain's chief port in Elizabethan times; the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to America; naval base; university (1992). Pop: 243 795 (2001)
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a unitary authority in SW England, in Devon. Pop: 241 500 (2003 est). Area: 76 sq km (30 sq miles)
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a city in SE Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay: the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pop: 54 109 (2003 est)
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the former capital of Montserrat, in the Caribbean; largely destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1997
Example Sentences
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Judge William Sullivan, of the Plymouth court near Boston, ruled there was sufficient evidence to convince a juror of Clancy's guilt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Plymouth County district attorney’s office has been tight-lipped thus far on whether it will seek a new trial, offer a plea deal, or drop the prosecution entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The next court hearing is scheduled for 29 September at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She recalled the winds that had preceded the storm on the Schoharie Reservoir and flew inland to the little town of Plymouth, North Carolina.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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