standish

¹

[stan-dish]

noun

Archaic.

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

Standish

²

[stan-dish]

noun

1. Burt L., pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.

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

Standish

¹

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

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

standish

²

/ ˈstændɪʃ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Standish¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Standish¹

C15: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Mr Rocks was arrested at the Britannia Hotel in Almond Brook Road, Standish, after reports of a man trying to deal drugs on the premises.

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It being a very small community, Thomas’ dad was pals with the original Pilgrims, and one day when Thomas was a little boy, twenty-some years after their arrival and after the first winter and first Thanksgiving and all that, his dad pointed out to the water’s edge and said, “See that rock? That’s where Myles Standish and all of them first got off the boat.”

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Daniel Rogerson from Standish, in Wigan spent a day at Avanti West Coast's training centre to test drive his favourite Pendolino-type trains.

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“There’s definitely an integral history between Bike and the gay community,” said the team’s president, Jonathan Standish, who’s also a player.

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Essentially, these English settlers “were practicing a Christian Separatist Thanksgiving to express their gratitude for surviving in our homelands” and it was a meal packed with polarizing political leaders, including Captain Myles Standish — the military adviser for Plymouth Colony who had already murdered Indigenous peoples in the area — and Massasoit Ousamequin, the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy whom, as Lopes explained, is a contentious figure among many Indigenous people who think he “should not have assisted this fledgling group of religious extremists.”

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