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standish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun standish has 1 sense
- standish(n = noun.person) miles standish, myles standish - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656); Array is a kind of colonist, settler
CIDE DICTIONARY
standish, n. [Stand + dish.].
A stand, or case, for pen and ink. [1913 Webster]
"I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish."
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