miles standish

1. 1.

   English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)

   SynonymsStandishMyles Standish

   Broadersettler

Questions about miles standish

What does miles standish mean?

miles standish means "English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)".

What is another word for miles standish?

Close synonyms include Standish, Myles Standish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is miles standish a common word?

miles standish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.