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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

Example Sentences

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The pen which I now take and brandish Has long lain useless in my standish.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

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 Earle, Alice Morse

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 Browning, William Ernst

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 Valentine, L. (Laura)

After she had been reading, perhaps an hour, she dipped a pen into the standish on her escritoir, and began to write slowly, as if weighing every word as it dropped from her pen.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

Rose Standish was but the shadow of her sweet self.

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