Plymouth Colony

American  

noun

1. the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.

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Plymouth Colony British  

noun

1. the Puritan colony founded by the Pilgrim Fathers in SE Massachusetts (1620) See also Mayflower

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Plymouth Colony Cultural  

1. The colony established in what is now eastern Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.

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Example Sentences

Conover said the arboretum is home to many beautiful native plants, including an enormous white oak that was a sapling when the Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Colony.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

He disappears from records until March 22, 1621, when he walked into the Plymouth Colony the Pilgrims were building on the land where his people used to live.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021

Remembrance Park originally was conceived to mark 2020′s 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim’s 1620 arrival, the founding of Plymouth Colony and the settlers’ historic interactions with the indigenous Wampanoag people.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

This week we recommend novels about the Plymouth Colony and post-9/11 New York and an emergency room doctor with a missing boyfriend.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020

“That’s John Chiltington and his wife, Elinor. They came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. Can we move on to Andrew’s family? Please?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein