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  standish

  noun

  a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.
• Standish
  Standish

  noun

  Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

standish

¹ American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

Archaic.

1. a stand for ink, pens, and other writing materials.

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Standish ² American  

[stan-dish] / ˈstæn dɪʃ /

noun

1. Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

2. Myles or Miles c1584–1656, American settler, born in England: military leader in Plymouth Colony.

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Standish ¹ British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. Myles (or Miles ). ?1584–1656, English military leader of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, New England

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standish ² British  

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

1. a stand, usually of metal, for pens, ink bottles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of standish

1425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain; perhaps stand + dish

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Example Sentences

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My silver standish was placed upon it; a quire of gilt paper was before me.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Mary Lamb

Then there was presented to him, by the Sultan's command, a standish of gold, a pen and paper.

From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine

There was an old standish on the mantelshelf containing a dusty apology for all three.

From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens

Tis Dreadful cold, my ink glass in my standish is froze and splitt in my very stove.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle

A small goose-quill, yclep'd a pen,   From magazine of standish Drawn forth, 's more dreadful to the Dean,   Than any sword we brandish.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning

Mary Watson, 78, of Standish, says: “I could still change my mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

By Your Side follows Linda Standish, a council worker in the unclaimed heirs unit who investigates the lives of people who have died alone and attempts to track down any surviving relatives.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

The firm’s sole female partner, Close’s Dina Standish, blesses their exit, encouraging them to take Nash-Betts’ lead investigator, Emerald Greene, with them.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

But the strategies behind running a successful bricks-and-mortar store are shifting, Standish said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

Rose Standish, already weakened by the suffering of the voyage, was among the first to be prostrated.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart

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