presidents' day

1. 1.

   the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington

   Broaderlegal holiday

   Part ofFebruary

   United States

Questions about presidents' day

What does presidents' day mean?

presidents' day means "the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington".

Is presidents' day a common word?

presidents' day 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.